Hezbollah airstrikes northern Israel, causing heavy casualties, why is Israel "couldn't react in time"?

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement claimed to have attacked a Golani Brigade camp in the town of Binyamina, Haifa, northern Israel with a "squad of unmanned aerial vehicles" (UAVs) on October 13.

Israeli air defense systems intercept a Hezbollah attack. (Source: AP)

According to AFP news agency, Hezbollah said that immediately after the above attack in northern Israel, the movement also launched rockets at a "7200 maintenance and recovery base south of Haifa".

The militant group even threatened to increase retaliatory attacks against Israel if it continued to target Lebanon.

On the morning of October 14, the Israeli military confirmed that a UAV attack conducted by Hezbollah near the village of Binyamina killed four Israeli soldiers and seriously injured seven others.

Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that the country will not let Hezbollah regain control of the southern border area of Lebanon after the Israeli military campaign ends.

Meanwhile, Middle Eastern media quoted sources from hospitals in Israel as saying that more than 60 people were injured in a UAV attack on the town of Binyamina.

Magen David Adom Rescue Services General Manager Eli Bin told reporters that three of the injured were in critical condition, five were seriously injured and the rest had light to moderate injuries.

Several helicopters and ambulances were dispatched to Binyamina town to take the injured to medical facilities for treatment.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said no air raid sirens were triggered before the UAV attack and authorities are investigating the incident.

This is considered a rare airstrike on Israeli territory that causes such a large number of injuries because Israel's air defense systems usually give warnings before such attacks.

Meanwhile, Israel Army Radio reported that initial investigations showed that at least two UAVs traveled from Lebanon and approached Israel from the Mediterranean Sea. One UAV was intercepted but the Israeli military was unable to track down the other.

About an hour after this attack, the Israeli military announced that another UAV from Lebanon was intercepted in Haifa Bay in northern Israel.

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