Interceptors have been activated in northern Israel as the Lebanese-based armed group Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets across the border, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in the early hours of Sunday.
The Lebanese-based armed group has targeted a military site near Haifa. Air-raid sirens were activated at around 1:10am in Haifa, Nazareth, Afula, and the Lower Galilee, according to the Jerusalem Post.
The IDF said Hezbollah launched a total of 24 rockets in three waves, and all of them were intercepted. One of the rockets reportedly fell in the Nazareth area.
A 60-year-old man was lightly wounded by shrapnel in the Lower Galilee, according to MDA, Israel’s emergency medical and disaster services organization.
Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen cited a Hezbollah spokesperson as saying the group fired dozens of Fadi-1 and Fadi-2-type rockets at Israel’s Ramat David Airbase in response to the Jewish state’s earlier airstrikes on Lebanon.
Israeli Army Radio later confirmed that Hezbollah targeted Ramat David and said the IDF was responding with more indiscriminate strikes in southern Lebanon.
The barrage marks the latest round of escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, which has been carrying out cross-border attacks in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza.
The IDF said it struck around 180 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon throughout Saturday, destroying thousands of launcher barrels ready for immediate use against Israel civilians.
Israeli jets struck a suburb of Beirut on Friday, killing several high-ranking Hezbollah commanders. According to the Lebanese authorities, 37 people were killed.
We will continue operating against Hezbollah until we achieve our mission: ensuring the safe return of Israel’s northern communities to their homes, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Friday.
The blasts were condemned by UN officials, as well as by Russia and China, as indiscriminate.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
Hezbollah performs civilized strikes of military Judas-Nazi Israeli facilities, while Netanyahu Zionists, IDF, Mossad are shelling the civil objects like Hospitals, schools, supermarkets, accommodations. Judas war criminals should be condemned by Global community and kicked out of UN.
These are only rockets not missiles, this will increase as time goes on. Israel has stepped into a trap and will come to that realization in due time.
“The IDF said it struck around 180 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon throughout Saturday, destroying “thousands of launcher barrels ready for immediate use against Israel civilians.” This is not believable at all.
Rock Steady, Correct you are, Zionist state has been lying for the past 70 years, it’s not going to stop now.