Misbar Documents Hezbollah Destroying Israeli Intelligence Facility in Beit Shemesh

On March 9, a settler’s camera captured a missile striking a facility in Israel that houses satellite communication equipment. The footage shows multiple satellites and aerial signal receivers.

Misbar’s team analyzed the video and identified the impact site at coordinates 31.68367758291771, 34.993768970773.

The Emek HaEla station in Beit Shemesh is one of Israel’s largest satellite communication facilities. It hosts more than 80 dishes, ranging from 2.4 to 32 meters in diameter, and provides global connectivity. The station supports civilian, government, and military communications and features extensive fiber-optic links as well as an RRsat network operations center for managing content, including sports and news broadcasts.

The video clearly captured the missile’s shape, indicating the attack was deliberate and aimed at destroying the facility’s equipment.

Later footage showed extensive destruction, including satellite receivers, control and operations rooms, and power generators, demonstrating the missile’s destructive power.

Hezbollah later claimed responsibility for the strike. Misbar’s analysis confirmed a clear match between the missile the group announced and the one that hit the facility.

In its statement, Hezbollah said the missile targeted a satellite communications station at the Emek HaEla base, part of Israel’s Cyber Defense Division. The statement did not specify the missile type used.

Hezbollah reportedly possesses missiles with varying ranges capable of reaching the facility, which lies 160 kilometers from the Lebanese border.

Visual analysis of the missile’s shape and launch signature indicates that the weapon used was likely a “Fadi 6.” This tactical, ground-to-ground missile has a range of 225 kilometers, carries a 140-kilogram warhead, and features a minimal margin of error. It was first deployed on Nov. 12, 2024, during the war in Gaza.

Notably, audio from the footage clearly captures a powerful explosion, with no accompanying warning sirens at the site, suggesting that the alert system did not activate.

Misbar’s team also cross-referenced data from the Tzeva Adom system, which provides a real-time map of areas where warning sirens are triggered.

On March 9, the day of the strike, records show that sirens in the vicinity of the facility sounded twice, at 11:19 a.m. and 6:01 p.m.

The camera capturing the missile strike recorded the impact at 3:32 p.m., confirming that the sirens did not activate at that time—a finding consistent with the footage, in which the explosion is audible without any alert.

Further analysis of the siren map for March 9 confirms that warning sirens did not activate in the area of the strike.

This marks the second known attack on Beit Shemesh, a city approximately 30 kilometers west of Jerusalem and a center of the Haredi Jewish community.

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