Hezbollah confirms it fired rockets at Israel as ‘revenge’ for Khamenei

Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group claims responsibility for firing rockets at northern Israel tonight for the first time since the November 2024 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. The rocket attack is “revenge for the blood of the Supreme Leader of the Muslims, Ali Khamenei,” the Iranian proxy group says, referring to Iran’s supreme leader, who was killed in the opening salvo of the US-Israeli bombing campaign on the Islamic Republic on Saturday.

Hezbollah claims it targeted a missile defense site south of Haifa in the attack. The IDF said it intercepted one rocket fired at northern Israel from Lebanon and let several other fall in open spaces. There were no reports of injuries or damage. Hezbollah suggests that the rocket attack constitutes a “warning” to Israel to “withdraw from occupied Lebanese territory,” referring to the five border posts Israel has held on to in Lebanon, citing security concerns, despite being required to withdraw under the 2024 ceasefire.

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said in January that the group would not be “neutral” if the US struck Iran, and vowed to confront US threats to Khamenei, but stopped short of committing to intervene in a regional war. After the US and Israel struck Iran on Saturday, the government in Beirut, which seeks to disarm Hezbollah, said it would not let anyone drag Lebanon into war. (Source)