Hezbollah fires rockets after Israel strike on Lebanon

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Sunday said it fired Katyusha rockets at northern Israel in response to an overnight Israeli strike that, according to state media, hit a weapons depot and wounded six people.

Hezbollah has engaged in near-daily cross-border fire with Israeli soldiers in support of Hamas since the Palestinian group’s October 7 strike on southern Israel sparked conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran, said it used Katyusha rockets to assault northern Israel’s Dafna area “in response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks that targeted civilians in the town of Adloun, injuring several of them”.

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This comes after the Israeli military stated its air force “struck two Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in southern Lebanon, containing rockets and additional weaponry”.

Late on Saturday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said that “the Israeli enemy launched a raid” on the town of Adloun, around 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Israel’s border, later stating that the target was “an ammunition depot”.

“Six civilians sustained moderate injuries,” the NNA said on Sunday, up from three the night before.

Rockets continued to explode approximately an hour after the strike was originally reported, according to the NNA, with footage circulating online showing numerous big explosions in Adloun.

“Shrapnel from the explosions flew to surrounding villages,” according to the National Weather Service.

Hezbollah issued different bulletins on Sunday, claiming that three of its fighters had been slain.

Earlier on Saturday, Hezbollah and its Palestinian allies Hamas launched missile salvos and explosive-laden drones at Israeli targets.

Hezbollah stated it launched “dozens of Katyusha rockets” toward northern Israel “in response” to an Israeli-blamed attack that harmed civilians.

Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said they also fired a rocket salvo from south Lebanon towards an Israeli military position in the Upper Galilee.

The violence since October has killed at least 518 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have included at least 104 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said they also fired a rocket salvo from south Lebanon towards an Israeli military position in the Upper Galilee.

The violence since October has killed at least 518 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have included at least 104 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said they also fired a rocket salvo from south Lebanon towards an Israeli military position in the Upper Galilee.

The violence since October has killed at least 518 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have included at least 104 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said they also fired a rocket salvo from south Lebanon towards an Israeli military position in the Upper Galilee.

The violence since October has killed at least 518 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have included at least 104 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said they also fired a rocket salvo from south Lebanon towards an Israeli military position in the Upper Galilee.

The violence since October has killed at least 518 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have included at least 104 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.