Hezbollah announced that it had fired “dozens” of rockets at Israel. The attack was confirmed by the Israeli military, which said that “most of the rockets were intercepted.”
Hezbollah said Katyusha rockets were fired at Israel in response to Israeli attacks on Kfar Kela and Deir Siriane in Lebanon, which injured civilians.
The United States and Israel expect an Iranian attack on Monday, Axios reports, citing sources.
“Israeli Air Force fighter jets attacked Hezbollah terrorist targets in the Kfar Kila area in southern Lebanon, including terrorist infrastructure and military buildings,” the IDF spokesperson, the Israeli military, announced earlier, adding that overnight “an air force aircraft eliminated a Hezbollah terrorist in the Deir Siriane area.” In addition, the IDF “attacked terrorist infrastructure in the Al Adeisa area with artillery.”
The US Embassy in Beirut has asked its citizens to leave Lebanon “by any means possible,” a statement from the diplomatic mission said, amid growing tensions between allies Iran and Israel. Israeli Channel 13 reported that Israeli authorities urged residents of the Upper Galilee to stay close to shelters following an updated situation assessment by the IDF, the Israeli military. Rocket warning sirens are blaring in northern Israel. Haaretz reports.
News sites Ynet and The Times of Israel report that Iron Dome intercepts missiles from Lebanon over the Upper Galilee following alarms being activated in several settlements in the area.
The Israeli military also claimed that it had Hamas military commander in West Bank city of Tulkarem killed in airstrikein a targeted killing that hit a vehicle and killed four others, Israeli media reported. The main victim was identified as Sheikh Haitham Balidi, the Tulkarem commander of the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. The Palestinian agency Wafa reported a vehicle hit by civilian air in Tulkarem, killing five people, but did not disclose their identities.