Hezbollah Launches 'Eaten Straw' Operation; Group Says Dozens, Israeli Media Reports 200 Rockets

Hezbollah announced and rapidly executed a named operation, “Eaten Straw,” launching a large rocket and missile barrage into northern Israel on the evening of March 11.

“Strike on Beirut seafront kills 8 as Israel threatens to 'take territory' An Israeli strike on central Beirut's seafront killed eight people on Thursday, Lebanon's health ministry said, as Israel threatened to expand operations and seize territory if Hezbollah does not stop its attacks”

AL-Monitor

The group itself framed the campaign as a response to Israeli attacks and said it targeted military sites across northern Israel, while multiple outlets reported air-raid sirens sounding across the Galilee, Golan Heights and Haifa area as interceptors engaged incoming fire.

AL-Monitor

Count estimates vary: some reports put the salvo at around 100 projectiles, while several Israeli and Western outlets reported roughly 200 rockets and drones involved in the barrage.

The incoming fire caused direct impacts and light injuries inside Israel and damaged civilian property, with Israeli emergency services reporting a small number of wounded and media documenting strikes as far south as central Israel.

Israeli outlets and emergency services said two people were lightly injured, and one report said a house was destroyed by a direct missile hit in Moshav Haniel while other local media described rockets striking areas including Netanya and the Sharon region.

BBC

Israel responded with heavy airstrikes on Hezbollah positions and Beirut’s southern suburbs almost immediately after the barrage, with multiple outlets describing intense bombing across the capital’s southern suburbs and beyond.

“The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has announced the launch of a new military campaign against Israel”

Daily Post Nigeria

Lebanese health authorities and reporting aggregated by international outlets recorded mounting casualties and mass displacement in Lebanon as strikes continued, with death toll figures in the hundreds and hundreds of thousands displaced according to Lebanese ministry counts quoted by media.

Multiple outlets reported or quoted officials saying the barrage appeared coordinated with Iran and prompted firm Israeli threats of broader action.

International reporting and analysts described an apparent Iran–Hezbollah linkage in the night’s operations, and Israeli spokespeople vowed to respond strongly; Israeli military and government officials warned of expanded operations in Lebanon following the attacks.

Fox News

The escalation has reinforced a mounting humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, with reporters and aid groups describing large-scale displacement, overcrowded shelters and strained humanitarian conditions; international outlets cited Lebanese ministry figures of hundreds of thousands displaced and numerous civilian deaths, including children, while individual tragedies—such as the reported deaths of a priest and a Red Cross medic in earlier strikes—have been highlighted by media coverage.

“Published by Global Banking & Finance Review® Posted on March 12, 2026 5 min readLast updated: March 12, 2026 On March 11, Israel pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs after Hezbollah launched over 100 rockets into northern Israel in a first-ever coordinated attack with Iran, killing dozens and worsening a massive displacement crisis”

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