Rockets fired from Lebanon at northern Israeli towns
Air defences and warning sirens have been activated in dozens of towns in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon as interceptor missiles exploded in the air due to rocket attacks.
Sirens have also sounded in the city of Haifa and its bay as rockets were launched towards it.
Hezbollah sends ‘large rocket salvo’ at Israeli military base
Hezbollah has now said it fired rockets towards an Israeli military base north of Israel’s Haifa in response to Israeli attacks on its strongholds in southern Lebanon.
“The large rocket salvo” came in retaliation for Israeli attacks on south Lebanon villages, Hezbollah announced after the Israeli army said a barrage of projectiles was fired from Lebanon into northern Israel.
Israeli Army Radio is reporting at least 13 people have been injured in these rocket attacks today.
Smoke billowing from town in northern Israel
Live footage now shows smoke billowing from Shlomi, a town in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon. We earlier reported that Hezbollah fired rockets towards an Israeli military base north of Haifa. Israel said a drone also hit Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea.
Where has Hezbollah carried out today’s attacks?
Hezbollah says it carried out attacks on:
- Safad
- Philon base in Rosh Pina, east of Safad
- Krayot, north of Haifa
- Shlomi settlement
- Al-Bassa settlement
- Military base in Nesher
- Settlement of Kiryat Shmona
- A group of Israeli soldiers at the al-Marj site and in the settlement of Zarit
Israel said a Hezbollah drone also hit Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea, north of Tel Aviv.
One person in Israel confirmed dead in Hezbollah’s rocket attacks
As we’ve reported, Hezbollah has launched massive rocket attacks on northern Israel that wounded 13 people. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh is reporting that one person has been confirmed dead in the attack.
“One confirmed death in this 100-rocket attack … covering an area that spans from northern Israel all the way to Haifa and the Bay of Haifa, where hundreds of thousands of residents live,” she reported from Amman, Jordan, because Al Jazeera has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
