“The attempt by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake.” the Israeli leader said in a post on X. “This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing our just war against our enemies in order to secure our future.”
The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar earlier this week had raised hopes for a de-escalation of the Mideast conflict, but there has been no lessening of tensions in the region.
The barrage of rockets and drones by Iran-backed Hezbollah came as health officials in Gaza said Israeli strikes had killed 33 people across the territory. Israel has been battling the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip for more than a year.
Qatar-based Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya reiterated the group’s position that no hostages would be released “unless the aggression against our people in Gaza stops,” France24 reported.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Hamas was alive and will survive despite the death of Sinwar, Reuters reported. “His loss is undoubtedly painful for the Axis of Resistance, but this front did not cease advancing with the martyrdom of prominent figures,” Khamenei said. “Hamas is alive and will remain alive.”
G7 defense ministers meeting in Naples, Italy, on Saturday were expected to focus on escalations in the Middle East as well as the war in Ukraine.