100 Rockets in Minutes: Hezbollah Launches Massive "Destruction" Campaign Against Israel

In a significant and dangerous escalation of the regional war, Hezbollah launched its largest rocket barrage of the current campaign on Wednesday evening, firing approximately 100 rockets into northern Israel within a matter of minutes. The attack, which targeted Haifa, the Galilee, and several northern border communities, was characterized by Israeli officials as a "record breaking" event. For the first time since the war began, intelligence sources identified a clear attempt at coordination between the Iranian regime and its Lebanese proxy, with Iranian ballistic missiles being launched toward Jerusalem and central Israel at the same time as the Hezbollah rocket fire. In response, Hezbollah and its partners announced the start of a new military operation dubbed "The Eaten Straw," a Quranic reference to the total destruction of an invading army, signaling their intent to intensify the war to its highest level yet.

A Coordinated Strike on Multiple Fronts

The evening began with a series of massive waves of rocket fire emanating from multiple launch sites across southern and central Lebanon. Shortly after the sirens began wailing in the north, additional alerts were triggered in Jerusalem and the central district due to incoming fire directly from Iran. "There is an indication that the timing of the fire this time was coordinated between Iran and Hezbollah," a senior Israeli official noted. This synchronization is seen as an attempt to saturate Israel’s aerial defense systems by forcing them to engage hundreds of targets arriving from different altitudes and directions simultaneously. While many of the projectiles were successfully intercepted, the sheer volume of the fire caused widespread panic and multiple impact sites.

Damage and Casualties in the North

One of the most serious incidents occurred in the town of Ba'na, near Karmiel, where a rocket scored a direct hit on the roof of a single-story residential home. Fire and rescue teams from the Central Galilee station rushed to the scene to search for trapped individuals and disconnect power lines to prevent a secondary fire. Medical teams reported that five people were injured in the strike, one with light physical wounds and four others suffering from severe anxiety. In Haifa and other parts of the Galilee, shrapnel from interceptions caused brush fires and damage to vehicles. The Israel Police and bomb disposal units have been deployed to dozens of scenes, urging the public to avoid touching shrapnel, as some pieces may contain unexploded ordnance.

The Next 24 Hours

The Israeli defense establishment believes this barrage is just the beginning of a much wider offensive. Senior officials have warned that the next 24 hours will "significantly shape" the remainder of the war in Lebanon. One senior official was quoted saying that "Hezbollah is bringing about its own end with its own hands," suggesting that the scale of tonight’s attack has removed any remaining Israeli restraint. With the Iranian military directly involved in the timing of the strikes, the IDF is now looking at the two fronts as a single, unified theater of war. As the sirens continue to sound and the Iron Dome batteries work overtime, the Israeli military is preparing a response that will likely target the very heart of the terrorist organization's infrastructure.