The IDF’s aerial defense array intercepted rockets during two separate Saturday morning barrages, in which Hezbollah fired a total of over 55 rockets into Israeli territory from Lebanon, the military stated.
Earlier, at 8:17 a.m., rocket sirens sounded in a number of Israeli cities and towns in the North, including Safed, Dishon, Malkiya, Hukok, and Kahal.
The IDF later confirmed that during this earlier barrage, some 20 rockets crossed from Lebanon into Israel.
A second, approximately 35-rocket barrage was identified during a second round of sirens that blared at around 9:00 a.m. in Elifelet, Dishon, Rosh Pina, and other locales in the Upper Galilee.
While the IDF affirmed that it had intercepted some of the rockets during both barrages, those that were not intercepted reportedly fell into open areas.
No injuries were reported as a result of the attacks.
Fires break out in open areas
Following drone intrusion alert sirens in Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot, two drones were seen crossing from Lebanon and falling in an open area north of the city, the IDF reported Saturday evening.
In response to the rocket attacks on the Upper Galilee, the IDF said that Israel Air Force aircraft struck the launcher from which the rockets had been fired at Israel. Further, the IAF struck additional targets in southern Lebanon.
Israeli aircraft also struck the launcher that had fired rockets at Israel’s North during the night as well as a Hezbollah structure in the Kfar Remen area of southern Lebanon, the military added.
Army Radio later reported that Hezbollah’s attacks came as a response to an Israeli strike on one of the terror organization’s command facilities, which was embedded in a building in Nabatiya, in southern Lebanon.
A number of individuals were reportedly killed and wounded during the Israeli strike.
In a later statement, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attacks, claiming it had launched dozens of Katyusha rockets into Israel in support of the Gazan people and Hamas.
On Saturday afternoon, the IDF released an update stating that the IAF had struck more Hezbollah terrorists operating a structure in the area of Blida in southern Lebanon.
In conjunction, Israeli artillery fired on a target in the Ayta ash Shab area as well, the military added.