He said Hezbollah The Lebanese said that it had bombed in northern Israel a military intelligence headquarters responsible for “assassinations,” in the first operation it claimed responsibility for after the Israeli raid on its stronghold near Beirut that targeted the party’s prominent military leader. Ibrahim Aqil.
The party said in a statement that its fighters targeted the main intelligence headquarters in the northern region, which is responsible for assassinations, in the Mishar base with Katyusha rockets, “in response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks on the steadfast southern villages and safe homes.”
A short while ago, the party said it had targeted the same base again. The party also announced bombing the headquarters of the air traffic control unit and the air operations department at the Meron base.
For its part, the Israeli army announced – in a statement – that it had detected about 20 missiles launched from southern Lebanon towards several areas in Upper Galilee.
For its part, Israeli Channel 13 reported that more than 200 rockets have been launched since this morning from southern Lebanon towards Israel.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that the army is examining the possibility of launching rockets and drones from southern Lebanon.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent said that there were sounds of explosions in the Upper Galilee and near Safed, following an attack from Lebanon and the launching of Israeli interceptor missiles.
The reporter added that sirens are sounding in Safed Kiryat Shmona, Shetula, Zar’it in the Galilee and a large number of towns in northern Israel.
Channel 14 reported that the ambulance service raised the alert level among its crews throughout Israel.
Fires in Safed and the Golan
Earlier on Friday, Israel’s Channel 12 reported that fires broke out as a result of rockets being fired from Lebanon near the city of Safed, after it reported that sirens sounded in the Golan Heights.
She added that an Israeli settler was injured in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights after his vehicle was damaged by shrapnel from a missile fired from Lebanon, without further details.
For its part, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported hearing objections in the Safed area.
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She reported that a fire broke out in a park in Safed city, while media outlets published pictures of fires in several areas in northern Israel as a result of falling rockets.
The Authority later clarified that 4 firefighting planes are helping 9 firefighting teams control the fire centers that broke out in Safed, while pointing out at the same time to several fire centers in the northern Golan Heights.
On Friday afternoon, Israeli occupation aircraft launched an air strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, while Israeli media confirmed that the attack targeted Hezbollah military leader Ibrahim Aqil.
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have increased over the past two days, after 37 people were killed and thousands injured as a result of the explosion of pager and Icom radio communication devices across Lebanon.
Since October 8, 2023, Lebanese and Palestinian factions in Lebanon, most notably Hezbollah, have been exchanging daily shelling with the Israeli army across the Blue Line, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries, most of them on the Lebanese side.
These factions demand an end to the war waged by Israel with American support on Gaza Strip Since October 7, which has left more than 136 thousand Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10 thousand missing, amid massive destruction and deadly famine.
