Hezbollah missile strikes near Tel Aviv airport, operations return to normal
A Hezbollah missile struck the area of Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport during a barrage, forcing travellers to briefly take shelter on Wednesday.
Travellers take shelter in a protected area of Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv during a Hezbollah missile barrage on Nov. 6, 2024. Photo by Orly Wasserman/TPS-IL
No injuries were reported.
The Israel Airports Authority said Ben-Gurion has returned to normal operations.
The Israel Defense Forces said most of the 10 missiles fired in the barrage were intercepted or fell in open areas.
Falling debris from one of the intercepted missiles damaged a parked car in the city of Ra’anana.
After the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, Hezbollah began firing rockets and launching drones at northern Israel communities daily. More than 68,000 residents of northern Israel are displaced from their homes. Hezbollah leaders have repeatedly said they would continue the attacks to prevent Israelis from returning to their homes.
According to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War, the terror group is forbidden from operating in southern Lebanon.
At least 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 97 remaining hostages, more than 30 have been declared dead. Hamas has also been holding captive two Israeli civilians since 2014 and 2015, and the bodies of two soldiers killed in 2014.
