Several fires have broken out in the Upper Galilee following drone interceptions Monday afternoon, YNet reported.
Firefighter teams were called to the scenes of the fires and are working to put them out.
Earlier at around 3:30 p.m., several sirens alerting to hostile aircraft intrusions sounded across the Upper Galilee, including in Kiryat Shmona and several other locations.
Hostile aircraft intrusion alerts also sounded in the region around 2:25 p.m.
Earlier in the afternoon, several suspicious aerial targets crossed into Israel from Lebanon, the military announced.
Two targets were intercepted over the Nahariya coast, while two other targets fell in the area of Kabri in northern Israel.
Fires erupt in various northern localities
A fire erupted as a result of the fall, causing damage in the area. The IDF noted that the incident was under investigation.
In addition, at 1:15 p.m. and 1:20 p.m., hostile aircraft intrusion alerts sounded in the area in northern Israel. The IDF noted that this incident was also being examined.
The military further stated that earlier on Monday, artillery forces had fired at Salhani, Hanine, and the Ayta ash Shab areas to remove a threat.
On Monday afternoon, The IDF provided the following statement:
"Following the sirens that sounded in northern Israel regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration at 15:34, two UAVs were identified crossing from Lebanon into northern Israel and falling in the northern Golan Heights area. As a result of one of the UAVs, a fire broke out in the area of Moshav Sha'al.
The fire was extinguished. Several interceptors were launched toward the UAVs, but the interception attempts failed. Due to the attempts, a fire broke out in the area of Safed.
Following the sirens that sounded in Kiryat Shmona and the Upper Galilee regarding rocket and missile fire at 17:20 and 17:45, and regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration in the Upper Galilee at 15:11, they were determined to be false alarms. Furthermore, a short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck two Hezbollah military structures and a launch post in the areas of Aitaroun and Ayta ash Shab in southern Lebanon"