Fires break out in northern Israel due to falling projectiles, says military
Israeli air defences have identified a series of aerial threats from Lebanon, including a drone that it shot down, according to the Israeli military. Falling debris from the projectiles caused fires in several areas of northern Israel, which firefighters are working to put out, according to the military.
Israeli broadcaster Kann said the flames were on the side of a mountain near the village of Dishon, the Misgav forest and Ayelet HaShahar, where Hezbollah claims to have hit an army site.
Smoke plumes rise from a fire in a field after a drone launched from southern Lebanon landed near Moshav Dishon in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border on Sunday
Video shows chaos inside Israeli base targeted by Hezbollah drones
A Hezbollah drone attack targeting an Israeli military base in Ayelet HaShahar in the Upper Galilee caused a state of panic among soldiers, according to a video verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency.
In the footage shared by Israeli Army Radio on X, sirens are heard in the vicinity of the Israeli base as soldiers run into chaos trying to take cover.
One of the soldiers says in a tense voice, “[the drone] will fall here, yes it will fall here”. Another soldier is heard shouting, “there’s one more here”, before the camera captures the moment a drone was intercepted just over the base, and the soldier who was filming ran inside to take cover.
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Israeli soldier severely injured from drone strike
The Israeli military says one of its soldiers has been “severely wounded” and hospitalised after a drone attack. The report comes after Hezbollah claims to have “directly hit” Israeli soldiers stationed at a division headquarters in northern Israel’s Ayelet HaShahar.
Israel targets southern Lebanon with incendiary munitions: Report
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency, citing its correspondent, reports that Israeli forces targeted forests in southern Lebanon with phosphorous bombs and caused fires.
The attack occurred near the town of Kfar Kila, NNA said. Israel forces are also carrying out “a search operation” near Kfar Kila from their base in Metula, a town in northern Israel.
As Al Jazeera reported in March, Israel continues to use white phosphorus munitions in south Lebanon, causing lasting damage and driving villagers away as Israeli officials threaten war across their northern border.
“Israel’s use of airburst white phosphorus munitions in populated areas indiscriminately harms civilians and has led many to leave their homes,” said Ramzi Kaiss, a Human Rights Watch researcher, in a recent report.
