Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house was targeted Saturday, with two flash bombs landing in the garden of his residence in Caesarea.
According to a joint statement from the police and Shin Bet, the flares landed in the courtyard of the property. Netanyahu and his family were not present during the incident.
“This is a serious incident and a dangerous escalation,” the statement said, confirming that an investigation has been launched. Israeli President Isaac Herzog described the incident as deeply alarming, warning against growing violence in the public sphere. “I have spoken with the head of the Shin Bet and stressed the urgent need to identify and bring those responsible to justice,” Herzog stated in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Defence minister Israel Katz also condemned the attack as crossing “all red lines.” Katz highlighted the dual threats faced by the Prime Minister, both from external adversaries like Iran and Hezbollah and, alarmingly, from within Israel itself.
This incident follows a prior attack on Netanyahu’s residence in October, when a drone, claimed by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, targeted the property. At the time, Netanyahu accused Hezbollah of attempting to assassinate him and his wife, vowing to continue the fight against Iran’s proxies. “We are going to win this war.”
Hezbollah, which has been engaged in cross-border fire with Israeli forces, has escalated its activities in recent weeks. On the same day as the flare attack, a synagogue in Haifa was struck by a Hezbollah rocket barrage, injuring two people. The Israeli military reported intercepting several projectiles launched from Lebanon, but others hit northern towns, prompting air raid sirens across the region.