Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it launches drone strike at Israeli airbase

LEBANON’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said on Saturday that it launched a drone attack against Israel’s Tel Nof airbase, south of Tel Aviv, and had also targetted an intelligence base in the northern Israeli city of Safed with a rocket salvo.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted one year ago when the Lebanese armed group began launching rockets at northern Israel in support of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, at the start of the Gaza war.

It has intensified in recent weeks, with Israel bombing southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, killing many of Hezbollah’s top leaders, and sending ground troops across the border. Hezbollah for its part has fired rockets deeper into Israel.