The Israel Defense Forces says that several mortars were fired recently at Israel from Lebanon, setting off air raid sirens in the border town of Shtula.
The mortars fell in open areas and no injuries were reported, the IDF says.
The military responds by shelling the terror cell that carried out the launch, it adds.
The IDF says that separately a tank struck a terror cell in south Lebanon which was attempting to fire anti-tank missiles into Israel near Shtula.
Brig. Gen. Itzik Cohen, the commander of the IDF’s 162nd Division, says IDF forces are currently located deep in Gaza, “at the gates of Gaza City.”
Cohen, speaking to reporters near the Strip, says that “Hamas chose this war, we did not choose this war.”
He says that five days ago, his division “received an important task, to go and decisively finish Hamas.”
Cohen says that over the past five days, “we have destroyed much of Hamas’s abilities, attacked its strategic facilities, all of its array of explosives, its underground tunnels and other facilities we completely destroyed.”
He says that this is a “long task,” and that this is “a war for the existence of the State of Israel — and we will win.”
Newly released dashcam footage shows the moment a rocket directly hit the busy Route 4 highway near the coastal city of Ashdod yesterday.
It is unclear if rocket alert sirens were sounding at the time, as they tend to only be activated when a projectile is heading for a populated area.
Paramedics said three people were lightly wounded by shards of glass in the incident.
Rocket sirens in Gaza border towns
Hamas says Israeli airstrikes hit Jabaliya for second day in a row
Lawmakers watch footage of Oct.7 Hamas atrocities during Knesset screening
Lawmakers are currently watching a compilation of raw footage documenting Hamas’s October 7 rampage throughout southern Israel.
The 43-minute-long video was produced by the IDF Spokesperson’s Office and was previously screened to foreign journalists in Israel.
After a request made by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to the military, lawmakers were granted permission to hold a closed-door screening of the footage.
IDF says anti-tank missile fired toward Israel from south Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces says an anti-tank missile was fired from south Lebanon toward Israel.
There are no immediate reports of Israeli injuries and the military says troops responded with fire toward the source of the attack.
In addition, the military says it struck a terror cell in southern Lebanon attempting to carry out an anti-tank guided missile attack.
Lebanon PM: Time is of essence to stop Hamas-Israel war ‘going out of control’ and spreading
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister says time is of the essence in stopping the Hamas-Israel war from “going out of control” and affecting Lebanon and the wider region.
Najib Mikati has apparently been scrambling with international governments to keep Lebanon away from the war, as terrorists from the Hezbollah group have been firing rockets and missiles toward Israel since the onset of the war on Oct. 7.
The clashes so far have mostly been limited to areas along the border.
His comments come days before Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to give his first speech since the start of the war.
Air raid sirens sound in Upper Galilee
Air raid sirens sound in Shtula, a moshav near the border with Lebanon in the Upper Galilee. It was not immediately clear what set off the sirens.
Air raid sirens sound across central Israel, including Tel Aviv
Air raid sirens sound across central Israel, including Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Holon, Rishon Lezion and other areas, following a barrage of rockets from Gaza.
Jordan recalls its ambassador to Israel in protest of war in Gaza
Jordan has recalled its ambassador to Israel in protest of Jerusalem’s conduct in the war against Hamas, the foreign ministry in Amman announces.
Jordan Foreign Minister Arman Safadi also notifies the Israeli Foreign Ministry that it should not send back the Israeli ambassador to Amman, who left due to security precautions at the beginning of the war.
Safadi says this is to remain in effect until the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza ends.
Gallant says IDF is making ‘important achievements’ in Gaza ground operation
“I am impressed by the activities of our forces,” he says in comments during an assessment held near the Gaza border. “This is a determined, decisive action. There is strong cooperation between ground and air forces.”
Gallant says, “There are very important achievements being made in the field — hitting terrorists of all levels, from fighters in the field to high-ranked ones.” The defense minister says IDF activity is exposing underground tunnels and forcing the terrorists out.
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