Hezbollah drone targets Netanyahu’s house in Israel

 On its southern front, Israel hammered Gaza with air strikes, with an overnight raid on ADVERT 2 JOIN Jabalia in the north killing 33 people according to Gaza's civil defence agency. vojoin

Netanyahu's office said the Israeli premier and his wife were not in Caesarea during the drone attack and "there were no injuries." Earlier the military said a drone fired from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central Israeli town. ADT JOIN    ADVERT 2 JOIN

Throughout the morning, sirens blared in Israel as Lebanese fighters Hezbollah launched projectiles from various locations. DAT JOIN

The Iran-backed group said it fired a large salvo of advanced rockets at a military base in the Haifa region of northern Israel. VO JOIN

Late last month Israel dramatically stepped up its air strikes on Lebanon and sent in ground forces after nearly a year of cross-border exchanges. VO2JOIN

In Gaza, the fighting came after the killing on Wednesday of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, accused of masterminding the October 7 resistance campaign on Israel, which had raised hopes of an end to the war and the release of Israeli hostages. VOSMJOIN

On Friday, Qatar-based Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya reiterated the Palestinian group's position that no hostages would be freed "unless the aggression against our people in Gaza stops."MYLIEDJOIN