By New York Post (World News) | Created at 2024-10-22 17:40:10 | Updated at 2024-10-22 19:15:44
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A chilling photo shows how close Hezbollah could have come to killing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — with an explosive drone cracking his bedroom window.
The Israeli military allowed local outlets to publish the shocking photo on Tuesday, showing the extent of the damage on the Caesarea home as the blast splintered a bedroom window on the upper floor and damaged the surrounding wall.
The trees near the window were also blown off and burnt by the exploding UAV, but the damage was limited to the outside as the window was protected by reinforced glass, the Times of Israel reports.
Netanyahu, 74, and his wife were not home at the time of the attack on Saturday, with no other injuries reported.
The Israeli Defense Forces allowed the image to be published as Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Iran-backed terror group suggested it would continue such operations to try and kill Netanyahu.
Hezbollah said Tuesday that it was opposed to any cease-fire negotiations with Israel, which is actively considering a new Egyptian-backed deal calling for a two-week halt in the Gaza war.
Israel’s security cabinet is weighing the Egyptian proposal, which seeks to liberate just six hostages in Gaza in the hope that a small cease-fire could pave the way to free all the captives and end the war, an Israeli official told NBC News.
“The thinking is that efforts at a big deal kept meeting challenges, so the idea is to get the momentum going with a smaller deal,” the Israeli official said.
The plan was reportedly brought forth by Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, the new head of Egyptian intelligence, who recently met with his Israeli counterpart earlier this week to discuss the hostage negotiations.
Mediators are hoping to revive the long-frozen hostage negotiations following the death of Hamas chief and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in a routine airstrike in Rafah last Thursday.
To accomplish this, Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday to help renew the talks with Hamas.
It remains unclear if the terror group will agree to a new deal after rejecting the deals proposed before, with Hamas officials showing no new signs that it’s open to further negotiations.
