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full screen Image from the security operation on October 19, after a drone was targeted at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea. Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP/TT
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of being behind the two emergency rockets that fell on the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening.
Netanyahu and his family were not in the residence in Caesarea when the emergency rockets landed.
The identity of those arrested has not been made public – but Amir Ohana, the speaker of the Israeli parliament, suggests that Israelis critical of the regime are behind it. So does Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin, who accuses the attackers of trying to “dismantle the country from within”, as well as opposition politician Benny Gantz.
“If the suspicions are true and activists are behind the firing of emergency rockets at the Prime Minister’s residence, then it should be said clearly: this is not a protest, it is terrorism,” writes Gantz on X.
Even Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar speaks in similar terms, saying that the incident is “far from a legitimate protest”.
During Saturday evening, several protests were held against Netanyahu’s warfare in Gaza and demanding that more be done to free the hostages held in Gaza since October 7.
About a month ago, a drone attack was directed at the same residence in Caesarea, which the Shia militia Hezbollah, which Israel is fighting, claimed responsibility.