Hezbollah fired over 40 rockets at Israel on Saturday, according to the Israel Defense Forces, as the military and Lebanese terror group continued to trade cross-border strikes.
In the afternoon, eight rockets were fired at the center of the Galilee with one impacting the area of Even Menachem, while the rest of the rockets were either intercepted or hit open areas. No injuries were reported as a result of that barrage.
Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and nearby towns on Saturday afternoon due to fears of a drone attack, but the military later said they were false alarms.
A barrage earlier in the afternoon saw 25 rockets fired at the Galilee and Haifa Bay area, with the IDF saying some were intercepted while the rest landed in open areas. Five rockets were fired at the area on Saturday morning with the same result.
Also in the afternoon, five rockets were launched at the Western Galilee, all of which were either intercepted or fell in open areas.
The IDF also intercepted a drone launched from Iraq overnight. The drone, which the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance group took responsibility for, was shot down before crossing into Israeli airspace, but it still activated sirens in several towns in the southern Golan Heights.
Another drone launched from Lebanon was also intercepted overnight in the Western Galilee, causing sirens to go off there as well.
IAF pounds Lebanon, Syria
Overnight Saturday, Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah command rooms, weapons manufacturing sites, and other infrastructure in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the IDF said, adding that the sites were located “in the heart of a civilian population.”
The military, which issued evacuation warnings to civilians in the area before the strikes, accused Hezbollah of using the local population as human shields.
In Syria, several soldiers were wounded overnight in what appeared to be an Israeli airstrike in the Aleppo and Idlib area, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported. There was no comment from the IDF on the strike.
Meanwhile, the death toll from Israeli air strikes in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Friday rose to seven people including two young girls, Lebanon’s health ministry said.
The ministry also said that 46 people were injured in the attack, adding that rescuers were still searching for missing people under the rubble and that body parts had been found and will be “identified with DNA testing.”
The IDF said it struck several Hezbollah command rooms where operatives had gathered.
Alpinists finish week-long operation
The IDF’s elite reserve Alpinist Unit, under the 810th “Mountains” Regional Brigade, concluded a week-long operation this week on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov and on the outskirts of the town of Shebaa, the IDF said.
The reservists located Hezbollah tunnels, rocket launchers and weapon depots amid the operation in the area, according to the IDF.
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