Hezbollah carries out its deepest strike in Israel
In the past 24 hours, Hezbollah has carried out its deepest strike in Israel using what the Israeli army said were two armed drones.
One was downed by Israel’s air defences and the other hit a “sensitive military facility near the Golani Junction, west of Tiberias” some 35km (22 miles) from the Lebanon border.
Hezbollah says the attack was a response to recent Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon that killed its members.
Israel responded to the Golani Junction strike by carrying out at least 15 strikes overnight in Baalbek region, eastern Lebanon. According to the army, a weapons manufacturing plant used to build guided munitions and a drone was among the targets.
Hezbollah, Israeli military trade fire
The Israeli military has issued an operational update in which it says 40 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
For its part, Lebanese group Hezbollah said it “launched a missile attack with more than 60 Katyusha rockets” on several Israeli military positions. The strikes were “in response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks last night on the Bekaa region” in eastern Lebanon’s Baalbek area, the group said in a statement.
The Israeli military said several of the rockets launched today were successfully intercepted by Israel’s air defence systems. Additionally, it said five rockets were launched towards Zarit in northern Israel from Lebanon.
The Israeli military reported no injuries and said it responded by targeting the source of the attacks.
