Hezbollah Attacks Tziporit Base East of Haifa With Drone Swarm and Rockets, Wounding Israeli Soldiers
Key Takeaways
- Hezbollah carried out drone and rocket attacks against Israeli military targets along the Lebanon–Israel frontier
- Drones struck a military site in northern Israel near the Lebanese border
- Hezbollah announced it had carried out the operations targeting Israeli military bases
Drone swarm on Tziporit
Hezbollah announced a coordinated series of attacks on Israeli military targets along the Lebanon–Israel frontier that included what the group described as the first operation using a swarm of drones against an Israeli base, naming the Tziporit Base east of Haifa as one of the targets and reporting simultaneous rocket strikes on other positions.
“Three Israeli soldiers were injured Tuesday evening in a drone attack launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah on a military site in northern Israel”
İLKHA reported that “one of its drone units targeted the Tziporit Base, located east of Haifa in northern Israel” and said the strike “involved multiple drones operating simultaneously, marking the first time such a tactic had been used in the ongoing confrontation,” while Al-Jazeera Net noted that Hezbollah “targeted the Israeli Shimshon base west of Lake Tiberias with a squadron of kamikaze drones.”
Targets named by Hezbollah
Hezbollah said its fighters used rockets and drone strikes against multiple Israeli positions, naming targets across southern Lebanon and northern Israel including Miskaf Am, al-Mutla, the newly established position in al-Hammas south of Khiam, Al-Abbad, Al-Malikiyya, artillery emplacements and troop gatherings in Wadi al-Asafir and near Markaba, while İLKHA additionally cited strikes at Al-Hamamiss Hill, Kahil Heights and an artillery position near Al-Marj.
Al-Jazeera Net listed many of these same positions—saying members “targeted the settlements of Miskaf Am and al-Mutla with rockets” and hit “the Israeli positions of Al-Abbad and Al-Malikiyya, and the artillery emplacement at the Israeli Al-Abbad position.”
Claims on tanks and casualties
Hezbollah claimed it struck three Israeli Merkava tank units during the operations and said one tank was seen burning, while also reporting strikes on gatherings of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles inside Markaba; İLKHA relayed the group’s claim that “its fighters hit three Israeli Merkava tank units during the operations” and that “one of the tanks was seen burning following the strike,” though the group did not specify exact locations.
“Three Israeli soldiers were injured Tuesday evening in a drone attack launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah on a military site in northern Israel”
At the same time, İLKHA cited Israel’s Health Ministry figures on war hospitalisations—saying “a total of 2,339 people have been hospitalized since the beginning of the war” and noting that officials “did not clarify whether the injuries were caused by attacks carried out by Hezbollah or by Iran.”
Wider escalation context
Al-Jazeera Net placed the Hezbollah strikes in a wider escalation that followed a high-profile regional development and noted an ongoing Israeli offensive into Lebanon: it said Hezbollah “began carrying out a series of attacks on Israeli targets following the announcement of the assassination of former Iranian Guide Ali Khamenei on February 28, after a joint Israeli-American attack on Iran.”
Al-Jazeera Net reported that “since March 2, Israel has launched a military offensive on Lebanon, with airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, the heart of the capital, and areas in the south and east of the country,” plus a limited ground incursion that “has caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands.”
İLKHA’s reporting of frontline strikes and hospitalisation figures complements this depiction of a broader, intensifying confrontation but does not provide independent confirmation of the contextual claim about the assassination timeline.
