IDF targets Hezbollah infrastructure as sirens ring across northern Israel in massive attack

The Israel Air Force operated in southern Lebanon early Saturday morning, targeting Hezbollah terror facilities deep within Lebanese territory and in the south of the country, the IDF said as rocket sirens blared across the North in several consecutive barrages.

The military targeted buildings used to store weapons and combat equipment, military facilities, and rocket launchers pointing at Israel.

Earlier, as per IDF policy, no alarm was activated when a surface-to-surface rocket was launched from Lebanese territory toward central Israel and struck the center of the country, the IDF reported on Saturday morning.

The incident is under investigation. According to a later report, the rocket was intercepted.

Sirens sounded in northern Israel and the West Bank, with upwards of 20 rockets and drones seen crossing from Lebanon in several barrages earlier in the morning.

In the first barrage targeting Safed and surrounding areas in the Upper Galilee, ten rockets were seen crossing Lebanese territory at 6:30 a.m.

The second barrage targeted communities in the West Bank, and five rockets were seen crossing Lebanese territory. 

The third barrage in the morning was significantly larger and targeted the Upper Galilee and all of northern Israel, including areas in the northern part of the West Bank.

The following barrage at approximately 9:00 a.m. was targeting the area of Haifa, with sirens blaring in the Safed, Rosh Pina, and Hatzor HaGlilit areas.

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Another barrage was fired at approximately 10:41, with alarms blaring in Nahariya and the nearby communities.

No damage has been reported, and nobody has been reported wounded in the rocket attacks on Israel, however Magen David Adom (MDA) reported that several people suffered from anxiety or were mildly injured heading to shelters.

Medical teams were dispatched to the scenes.

IDF strikes in Lebanon

In response to the drones and rockets launched by Hezbollah, the IDF began operating in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, striking terror targets belonging to the Lebanese terrorist organization, the military reported.

IAF aircraft struck Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Lebanon on Saturday overnight, the IDF reported the following morning.

In continued efforts to “degrade and dismantle” Hezbollah, according to the report, aircraft struck rocket and drone launchers, weapon storage buildings, and terrorist infrastructure in which terrorists were operating.

According to a later report on Saturday midday, the IDF was still operating in Lebanon, targeting terrorist infrastructure sites belonging to Hezbollah. Since the attack where Hezbollah co-founder and leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was eliminated, the IDF has struck over 140 terror infrastructures associated with the terrorist organization, the IDF reported.

Among the targets, were strategic weaponry, weapon production facilities, and terror facilities embedded underneath residential buildings in the area of Beirut.