IDF says earlier jet strikes thwarted an even bigger attack, as Hezbollah announced retaliation for the killing of its military commander last month had begun.
The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah announced in a statement Sunday morning that it had begun its retaliation against Israel for killing its military commander, Fuad Shukr, in Beirut last month.
Footage posted to social media showed Iron Dome missiles intercepting targets coming from Lebanon in Israel’s north. Local media reported rocket sirens across northern Israel, including Golan Heights’s Katzrin as well as in several Upper Galilee border communities. Drone sirens were also reported sounding in several Galilee towns.
As the sirens rang in Israel, Hezbollah released another statement, saying that over the past hours, it had launched more than 320 rockets and several drones carrying explosives toward northern Israel. The terror group said the attacks targeted 11 military bases. It did not mention IDF airstrikes reported in Lebanon.
Earlier, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a video statement that Israel had identified that Hezbollah was preparing a mass attack on central Israel with missiles and rockets at 5 a.m., and in response, around 100 IDF warplanes at 4:30 a.m. conducted preemptive airstrikes on