Iranian-backed terrorists storing missiles inside civilian homes, IDF reveals, pointing to evidence Hezbollah even using homes as makeshift launch sites.
By World Israel News Staff
The Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah has been using civilian homes in Lebanon to store missiles and even as launching sites, a senior Israeli military spokesman said Monday.
During a press briefing Monday morning, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari provided evidence collected by the IDF, revealing how Hezbollah terrorists use residential buildings to conceal rockets and missiles.
In some instances, Hagari said, the homes are even transformed into makeshift launch sites.
“Here we are exposing Hezbollah’s method of hiding a cruise missile inside a home,” Hagari said.
“The terrorists create a designated opening for the missile launch. Here you can see how we identified the terrorists making an opening in the building that exposed the missile.”
Hagari alluded to IDF airstrikes on hundreds of positions in Lebanon Monday, saying the attacks would target missile depots hidden in villages, just as a recent airstrike had done.
“In a precise strike, the IDF eliminated the terrorists and this missile launching infrastructure, shortly before the launch. Shortly, the IDF will engage in extensive, precise strikes, against terror targets which have been embedded widely throughout Lebanon.”
On Monday, the IDF issued a warning in Arabic to residents of the targeted villages, urging them to immediately evacuate.
Afterwards, the Israel Air Force carried out over 300 airstrikes Monday on Hezbollah missile storage depots across Lebanon.
Lebanon’s health ministry claimed at least 100 people were killed an hundreds more injured in the strikes.
Israeli president Isaac Herzog took to X to defend the strikes, saying Israel could not tolerate Hezbollah’s massive build up of missiles and rockets near the Israeli border.
“I repeat and reiterate: Israel does not seek war,” Herzog tweeted. ‘But we have the right and the duty to defend our people.”
“Here’s just an example of the threat we face. This IDF video shows how Hezbollah stores and launches missiles in civilian areas and homes.”
“Thousands and thousands of long range rockets are kept in houses, living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens, and then launched with the sole intention of killing our people.”
“Would you accept this in your or your neighbor’s home? What nation would accept its citizens living under such a threat from its neighbors?”