Hezbollah's 'phase one' failure: Israel foils attacks on Mossad, IDF intel bases

The Jerusalem Post understands that Hezbollah was attempting to target the headquarters of the Mossad, as well as the IDF.

IDF photos of strikes on Hezbollah targets are seen over the view of smoke rising from Lebanon (illustrative) (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT, VIA REUTERS)
IDF photos of strikes on Hezbollah targets are seen over the view of smoke rising from Lebanon (illustrative)
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT, VIA REUTERS)

Hezbollah has listed 11 bases it said it targeted, but it and the IDF have also implied that it was also hoping to target Mossad headquarters and IDF headquarters.

The Jerusalem Post understands that measures were even taken in advance to reduce the likelihood of casualties had such attacks taken place.

Those attacks would have been part of an attack of somewhere between several hundreds and potentially thousands of rockets all over northern Israel, with some targeting the Tel Aviv and central Israel regions.

Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah continued to claim that his organization's attacks had caused damage to the IDF intelligence headquarters, while providing no evidence.

IDF's preemptive strikes on Hezbollah prevented severe damage

However, so far the IDF’s preemptive strike before 5 a.m. prevented such higher quality attacks.

People walk near a damaged residential building due to a direct-hit from a projectile, in northern Israel, August 25, 2024 (credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)
People walk near a damaged residential building due to a direct-hit from a projectile, in northern Israel, August 25, 2024 (credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)

Through Sunday afternoon, the largest reported damage was to dozens of buildings hit by Hezbollah in Acre.

Prior to Sunday, villages in the northern Galilee and Golan Heights had been hit; Kiryat Shmona had been hit throughout the war, but damage to Acre had been very rare and much smaller.

It was still unknown how much damage Hezbollah caused to certain IDF bases in the north, though casualties were estimated to be very low, while still under gag order.