The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired about 35 rockets into northern Israel, the Israeli military said in a statement. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack and said it had launched “dozens” of Katyusha rockets into the country. However, the Israeli Defense Forces foiled the attack, causing no casualties. While airstrikes were carried out by Israel in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack and said it fired “dozens” of Katyusha rockets at an army headquarters in northern Israel in retaliation. The attack was in response to raids targeting villages in southern Lebanon.
According to a report by the news agency Xinhua, air raid sirens started sounding from rockets in the city of Safed and other areas in northern Israel. There are no reports of injuries in the attack yet. The Israel Defense Forces said no one was injured in the attack.
On Monday, the Israeli army said that the Israel Defense Forces attacked Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon with rocket launchers.
According to the statement, earlier on Monday, Israel attacked Hezbollah fighters in the villages of Arjoun and Odaiseh in southern Lebanon.
More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war. At least two-thirds of the dead are children and women. The war has devastated Gaza’s two largest cities and caused massive destruction. People moved here and there to save their lives. About 80 percent of the area has fled to other parts.
Israel attacked the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Monday, killing 22 people, the Associated Press reported, citing health officials. Among the dead were 18 children. The attack came as the United States was about to grant billions of dollars in additional military aid to Israel.