Iran Says Israeli Deterrence No Longer Exists After Hezbollah Barrage,

 

That was a day after Iran said that the Hezbollah attack showed that the deterrent power of the country was lost and the strategic balance in the area shifted against it, though official Jerusalem statements said that precautionary steps adopted in advance had somewhat frustrated the attackers.

"Despite full-fledged support by states like the United States, Israel has failed to anticipate when and how a limited and controlled reaction of the resistance would come. Israel has lost its deterrent power," Nasser Kanaani, X's spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, wrote.

Continuing on, Kanaani said that Israel "now has to defend itself within its occupied territories," with "strategic balances having undergone fundamental changes" to the detriment.

 

Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets and drones into Israel in the early hours of Sunday while the military there said it had hit Lebanon with about 100 jets to thwart a larger assault, including plans to bomb a sensitive military site near Tel Aviv.

Most of the rockets and drones were intercepted by Israeli air defenses or fell in open areas, while some hit houses and caused damage, according to the IDF. A navy soldier was killed as part of the attack.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the organization's bombardment – a retaliatory attack for the killing of senior commander Fuad Shukr last month – was carried out "as planned."