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Live Updates: Israel attacks Lebanon and Gaza, Iran responds to attacks, Hezbollah’s Safieddine killed

Live Updates: Israel attacks Lebanon and Gaza, Iran responds to attacks, Hezbollah’s Safieddine killed

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s beach house was damaged in a drone strike claimed by Hezbollah, video footage geolocated by CNN shows, in an attack that penetrated deep into Israel even as the militant group suffers from ongoing Israeli bombardment.

According to Israeli officials, Netanyahu and his wife were not at home at the time of Saturday’s attack in the coastal city of Caesarea and no one was injured.

But the incident raises questions about how the drone was able to evade Israeli air defenses, even as Hezbollah’s leadership was decimated and the Israeli military is stepping up attacks across much of Lebanon.

CNN affiliate Kan 11 published an exterior photo of the home showing damage to a window with cracks and what appeared to be burn marks. Kan 11 reported that the damaged window was that of a bedroom.

Video geolocated by CNN shows the same scene of the exterior window in what appears to be the home’s backyard.

The Israeli military said on Saturday: “Three UAVs have been identified that entered Israeli territory from Lebanon. Two of the UAVs were intercepted. Another UAV hit a structure in the Caesarea area.”

The Israeli prime minister’s spokesman confirmed the attack that day, but it was only on Tuesday that Israeli authorities acknowledged that the drone had hit the house.

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