Rockets fired from southern Lebanon towards upper Galilee
Rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon towards the upper Galilee area of northern Israel, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report.
Israel’s Home Front Command reports that air attack sirens have sounded in Acre, Nahariya, Haifa Bay and several towns in the upper Galilee. No casualties, injuries or damage has been reported so far.
The attacks come after Hezbollah rockets struck two cities in central Israel earlier today, Hasharon and Tira, with about 30 people injured in the two attacks.
Hezbollah claims drone incursion into northern Israel
The armed group has published a photo on social media said to show its drone flying over the Israeli city of Acre, located some 26km (16 miles) north of the key port city of Haifa.
Local Israeli media and monitors groups had been tracking an “enemy aircraft” for about 40 minutes in Israeli airspace after crossing from southern Lebanon earlier today.
The Israeli military said air attack alerts have been activated in the north and that its monitoring of a “suspicious aerial target” from Lebanon was continuing.
Hezbollah says it launched rockets at intelligence base near Tel Aviv
The Lebanese armed group says it has launched rockets at an Israeli intelligence base near Tel Aviv.
At 2:30am (00:30 GMT), Hezbollah fighters “fired a salvo of rockets at the Glilot base of the 8200 military intelligence unit in the suburbs of Tel Aviv”, it said in a statement on Telegram.
Hezbollah claims to have attacked five Israeli settlements
The Lebanese armed group says its fighters fired rockets at the Sha’al settlement in the northern occupied Golan Heights and the Dalton settlement in northern Israel’s upper Galilee region.
The Yesod HaMa’ala settlement in northern Israel’s Hula Valley, the Bar Yohai settlement near Mount Meron and the Birya village north of Safad town were also bombed with salvoes of rockets, the group said.
Hezbollah claims to have hit four Israeli army bases, one military company
The Lebanese armed group says its drones attacked Israel’s Ramat David airbase and airport in Haifa, as well as the Glilot base of the military intelligence unit 8200 in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
Hezbollah also claimed to have hit the Shraga base north of the occupied city of Acre and the Misgav base northeast of the city of Haifa, as well as the Alta military industries company, also northeast of Haifa.
Iraqi groups claim to have carried out drone attacks on Israel’s Eilat
A coalition of groups in Iraq says its fighters have carried out four drone attacks on the southern Israeli resort of Eilat, after Israel said it intercepted three drones approaching from the east.
In a statement, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it was behind the attacks on what it called “four vital targets” in the resort on Israel’s Red Sea coast, all conducted within one hour.
