By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Worthy News) – Hezbollah said Wednesday it had launched 100 rockets and missiles at Israeli military positions “as part of the response to the assassination” of one of its senior commanders.
The attacks came shortly after Mohammed Nimah Nasser became the latest senior member of Hezbollah to be killed by Israel during nearly nine months of cross-border clashes that raised fears of an all-out war.
Nasser, 59, was stuck in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon in an attack that was reportedly personally approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Nasser was killed along with another person while they were traveling in a car in the city of Tyre, Israeli sources said.
The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed that about 100 Hezbollah projectiles were launched at northern Israel without specifying how many were intercepted.
There were no reports of casualties, but the Israeli military did say that several missiles and rockets fell in open areas, sparking fires.
ISRAEL DEFENDS STRIKE
Despite the Hezbollah counter-attack, the Israeli military defended the killing of Nasser, saying he commanded Hezbollah’s Aziz Unit, which is responsible for launching rockets from south-western Lebanon.
The IDF accused him of directing a “large number of terror attacks” that caused tens of thousands of Israelis to flee their homes.
It also described him as “the counterpart” of Taleb Sami Abdullah, the commander of another unit whose killing last month prompted Hezbollah to launch more than 200 rockets and missiles into northern Israel in a single day.
Yet the latest barrage by Iran-backed Hezbollah underscored mounting international concerns about a new full-scale war engulfing the region.
Hezbollah has made clear it won’t stop attacking Israel as long as the Jewish nation continues the war against its ally, Hamas, in Gaza.
Like Hezbollah, Hamas is viewed by Israel as an Iran-backed terrorist organization.
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