Hezbollah fires 50 rockets at Israel after IDF targets weapons plant in north Lebanon

Hezbollah fires 50 rockets at Israel after IDF targets weapons plant in north Lebanon

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IDF confirms northern Lebanon strike, saying jets struck Hezbollah weapons manufacturing plant

The IDF confirms reports of an airstrike in the northern Lebanese city of Baalbek earlier tonight, saying its warplanes targeted a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing plant.

It also confirms Hezbollah’s claim to have fired a retaliatory barrage of rockets at northern Israel, but says it only detected 50 launches into Israeli territory. Hezbollah claimed to have fired 60 rockets.

The IDF says several of the Hezbollah rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, while the rest landed in open areas. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

In response, the IDF said its forces immediately targeted some of the rocket launchers used in the attack on Israel.

Hezbollah says it launched 60 rockets at northern Israel in response to IDF strike in northern Lebanon

Hezbollah says in a statement that in response to the “bombing of a place in the [northern Lebanese] city of Baalbek” earlier tonight it targeted an Israeli missile and artillery base in Yoav and the Kaila barracks with more than 60 Katyusha rockets.

Reports of IDF airstrike in northeast Lebanon after repeated Hezbollah fire at Israel

Lebanese media outlets are reporting an Israeli airstrike in northeastern Lebanon’s Baalbek.

The strike comes following several Hezbollah missile, rocket, and drone attacks on northern Israel over the weekend.

Baalbek, an area identified in the past as a Hezbollah stronghold, is nearly 100 kilometers from the Israeli border.

It would make the fourth time amid the war that Israel is striking Hezbollah positions in the Baalbek area.