A barrage of about 26 rockets was fired toward the Mount Meron area in northern Israel on Saturday night, after a series of Israeli airstrikes targeted southern Lebanon. All of the rockets were either intercepted or fell in open areas.
On Sunday, the Ziv Medical Center said a soldier had been lightly wounded from debris as a consequence of the overnight launches. The medical center said the soldier had been treated and was released Sunday morning.
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Earlier on Saturday evening, Israeli airstrikes targeted Srebbine in southern Lebanon, with at least 11 people, including both Lebanese and Syrian citizens, injured in the attack, according to Lebanese media. Two of the injured were in serious condition, according to the reports.
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The IDF said it struck terrorist infrastructure used by Hezbollah in Srebbine, as well as in Markaba on Saturday night.
Hezbollah took responsibility for the rocket fire towards the Meron area, saying it launched the rockets in response to Israeli strikes on Markaba, Qaouzah, and Srebbine.
Amit Sofer, the head of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council, stated after the rocket fire, "We trust the IDF to know how to return much stronger fire and keep the terrorist threat away from the fence. Our residents want to return to their homes after more than 200 days in hotels and other places, but they will not return without real security."
IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon
On Sunday morning, the military said jets had struck overnight a Hezbollah terror infrastructure and a military compound, among others, in the Maroun El Ras area of southern Lebanon.
Additional attacks had been carried out on a terror infrastructure belonging to the terror group in the Tayr Harfa area and on a Hezbollah military structure in the Yarine area in southern Lebanon.
Earlier on Saturday, the Iron Dome intercepted a suspicious aerial object that was launched from Lebanon toward Manara. Several anti-tank missiles were also fired towards Manara on Saturday afternoon.
The IDF carried out strikes on a Hezbollah structure in Qaouzah in southern Lebanon.
On Friday, the IDF struck a structure in Kfarkela where a Hezbollah terrorist was spotted and on Friday night, the IDF struck a structure used by Hezbollah in Rihan in southern Lebanon, as well as a structure used by Hezbollah in Kfarchouba. The IDF also targeted a threat with artillery fire near Aalma ech Chaab in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah deputy leader warns against full-scale war
Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem warned Israel on Saturday that a full-scale war will not allow residents of northern Israel to return home, but will instead end their presence there “once and for all.”
“[Defense Minister Yoav] Gallant threatens us that if we don’t stop the attacks, he will attack Lebanon to return the residents of the north to their homes,” Qassem said, vowing that a war “will not only cause the Zionists to not return to their homes but is likely to end their presence in the northern occupied territories once and for all.” He was referring to areas in northern Israel that Hezbollah claims.