Lebanon's Hezbollah launches air attack on Israeli naval base, says group

The drones targeted Israel's Atlit naval base south of Haifa.

Israel said a small fire broke out due to the air strikes. (representative image)

Credit:  Reuters Photo

Lebanon's Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that it launched an air attack with drones targeting Israel's Atlit naval base south of Haifa.

The Israeli military later on Tuesday issued a statement saying: "Following the alert that was activated in the Atlit area, a fire broke out as a result of a fall in the area, minor damage was caused and the fire was extinguished."