A drone was launched at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vacation home in northern Israel Saturday – and at least one official claimed Iran “tried to eliminate” him.
Netanyahu, 74, was not in the vicinity when the drone was fired from Lebanon at his residence in Caesarea, his spokesperson said.
The drone strike on the prime minister’s residence comes just days after Israel killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
The Saturday strike hit an undisclosed building, officials explained. There were no casualties.
The attack was not immediately claimed by Hezbollah, which has launched rockets into Israel for more than a year.
“Iran tried to eliminate the Prime Minister of Israel,” one senior Israeli official said, according to Israel’s Channel 12.
Two other drones that crossed into Israeli territory were intercepted, according to the military.
Netanyahu responded to the drone attack with a video clip of himself insisting that “nothing will deter” him and that Israel is “going to win this war.”
“You know, two days ago we eliminated the mass murder [Hamas leader] Yahya Sinwar, as I’ve said, we’re in an existential war, and we’re continuing to the end,” the prime minister said in Hebrew in the video, according to the Times of Israel.
“And I want to say something else, I’m proud of our soldiers, I’m proud of our commanders, and I’m proud of you, the citizens of Israel,” he added.
In an English version of the clip, Netanyahu called Sinwar “the terrorist mastermind whose goons beheaded our men, raped our women and burned babies alive.”
“We took him out, and we’re continuing our battle with Iran’s other terrorist proxies.”
More than 100 drones were launched into northern Israel from Lebanon on Saturday. One man in his 50s died from injuries sustained in a rocket attack near Acre, the Times of Israel reported.
