Safed area targeted by rocket salvo from Lebanon for second night in a row

Safed area targeted by rocket salvo from Lebanon for second night in a row

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Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday

After warning sirens sounded in the Upper Galilee city of Safed and nearby communities, the IDF says a salvo of five rockets was fired from Lebanon toward the area.

According to the IDF, some of the rockets were intercepted and the rest fell in open areas.

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Rocket sirens sound in Safed and neighboring towns for second night in a row

For the second night in a row, incoming rocket sirens are activated in northern city of Safed and several other nearby communities.

IDF says UNRWA worker killed in West Bank raid was throwing explosives at troops

The IDF says that a worker for the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) who was killed in a West Bank raid was throwing explosives at troops and was a known terror operative.

Earlier, UNRWA said that one of their employees was “shot and killed on the roof of his home by a sniper,” and that it was “the first time a UNRWA staff member has been killed in the West Bank in more than 10 years.”

The incident took place in the Far’a camp in the northern West Bank. It identified the slain employee as Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad, who “worked as a sanitation laborer” in the camp.

In an English language statement, IDF spokesperson Nadav Shoshani accuses UNRWA of “not telling the full story.”

Shoshani says that during an IDF operation in Far’a a terrorist was identified hurling explosive devices that posed a threat to the forces operating in the area. IDF troops opened fire toward him to remove said threat, and he was killed.

“The terrorist was subsequently identified and it was discovered he is also an UNRWA employee named Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad. It should be noted that after receiving his details, it was found that the terrorist was known to Israeli security forces and he had been complicit in additional terrorist activities,” Shoshani says.

“This is yet another example of an UNRWA employee taking active part in terrorist activities against Israel, as has been proven in several other cases in the past, including employees who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre,” he says.