[2] The day after Hamas's 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel, Hezbollah fired rockets at the Shebaa Farms, claiming solidarity with the "Palestinian people".

[7] Rescue workers began immediately working on the scene and is said that 30 people are still missing and many bodies of victims needed DNA testing to be identified.

[8] Similarly to the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the airstrikes reportedly used bunker buster munitions, which are designed to penetrate deep into the ground before detonating.

However, Hezbollah MP, Amine Sherri, denied that any members of the group were present in the building at the time of the attack.

[9][7] According to the Israeli public broadcaster Kan, the attack was an attempt to kill Mohammed Haydar while other reports suggested Naim Qassem and Talal Hamiyeh in which their fates remain unclear.