JERUSALEM, Israel – Northern Israel came under its worst Hezbollah attack since the start of the Gaza war Wednesday as Hamas made outlandish counter-proposals to the latest ceasefire deal proposed by the U.S., in effect rejecting it.
While Israelis celebrated the biblical holiday of Shavuot, Hezbollah launched more than 200 rockets at communities in northern Israel – a new daily record. It was even bigger than the volleys that hit Israel during the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
The Israeli Air Force struck a major Hezbollah command center Tuesday in southern Lebanon which killed one of the terror group’s most senior leaders, Sami Taleb Abdullah. He had spent many years launching attacks aimed at Israeli citizens.
Senior Hezbollah official Hisham Safieddine said after Talib’s killing, quote, “Our definitive and inevitable response to this foolish act will be a dramatic increase in the intensity, strength, quantity, and quality of our operations.”
Safieddine added another threat: “If the Israelis are crying about what happens to them in the north, they should prepare to wail and weep soon.”
Hezbollah has hit northern Israel almost every day since its fellow Iranian proxy, Hamas, launched the deadly October 7th attack on Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a
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