IDF Strikes Hezbollah Gunman After Surface-to-Air Missile Misses Israeli Jet
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Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 12
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Gunman After Surface-to-Air Missile Misses Israeli Jet
6 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 12
An Israeli fighter jet came under a Hezbollah surface-to-air missile attack on Tuesday, the first such threat highlighted by the IDF, which then fired at the operative as he fled on a motorcycle.
The IDF described the weapon as primitive and said it missed the aircraft, but its use marked a potential shift from Hezbollah posing little direct danger to Israeli jets.
That could force changes in future Israeli Air Force operations if Hezbollah can field even basic shoulder-fired anti-aircraft weapons, though the military said it is still unclear whether this was an isolated incident.
The IDF did not say whether the Hezbollah operative was killed, leaving the immediate outcome of the retaliatory strike uncertain.
Weakened and isolated, is Hezbollah's missile attack a desperate gamble or the start of a new war with Israel?
Why did Israel label a potentially strategic missile 'primitive' after Hezbollah's first-ever launch at its jets?