"Iran and its allies tried to kill me and my wife. They will pay for it." The Israeli retaliation against Tehran seems to be getting closer after a drone launched from Lebanon targeted Benyamin Netanyahu's house in Caesarea, causing no injuries but fueling the prime minister's anger.
The first to see it were the faithful walking to the synagogue for Shabbat prayers at 7:30 in the morning: first the roar of a combat helicopter, then a buzz, a drone that outpaces it, immediately after a powerful roar. The sirens did not go off. The area is one of the most sensitive in Israel, Caesarea, where the prime minister's elegant villa is located. After the IDF announced that "a structure in the area" of the coastal city had been hit, the prime minister's office released a short note: "An unmanned aircraft was launched toward the prime minister's residence in Caesarea. Netanyahu and his wife Sarah were not in the residence." Confirming the explosion, but without saying whether the residence had been hit - as Axios and Arab media have claimed - as required by military censorship, which does not give information to the enemy. “Nothing will discourage us,” was Netanyahu’s first reaction, captured in a video to reassure others about his condition.
In the evening, the Israeli Prime Minister had a meeting with the candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump: Times of Israel writes
which cites the prime minister's office. Netanyahu also spoke with the speaker of the United States House, Mike Johnson: "I told him that America stands strong with Israel and reiterated our continued commitment to countering Iran and its terrorist allies," Johnson writes in X.
(Online Union)
