Israel responded with strikes after alarms sounded in the Galilee and the Golan Heights as two barrages of at least 100 rockets in total were launched at northern Israel on Tuesday morning, the IDF reported. The first round contained 30 rockets, and the second round contained 70.
Crashes were reportedly sighted in open areas near Ein Kuniya, Snir, Sha’ar Yashuv, and Kfar Szold.
Hezbollah said it fired these Katyusha rockets in response to Israeli bombardment of the Bekaa region Monday night, Reuters reported.
An Israeli air defense system intercept rockets fired from Lebanon as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, on November 7, 2023. (credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90)
At least one civilian was killed, and several others were injured after Israel launched several strikes on Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, Reuters reported, citing two security sources and the Baakbek governor, Bashir Khader.
One of the strikes hit the southern entrance of Baalbek, at least two kilometers from ancient Roman ruins, the security sources said. The three others struck near the city of Taraya, 20 kilometers west of Baalbek.
The IDF continues to fire back
The IDF reported that fighter jets struck three launch posts that fired toward the Golan Heights.
Additionally, the IDF reported that fighter jets attacked two Hezbollah compounds in the area of Bekaa deep in Lebanon in response to the earlier rocket fire towards the north of Israel. The compounds are affiliated with Hezbollah’s airforce.
“Since the establishment of the state, no Israeli government has ceded sovereign territories, as the Gantz-Netanyahu government is doing,” Major General and former Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan stated in response to the rocket bombardment.
“A quarter of a million [people] are displaced…Hundreds of rockets every day,” he added. “The abandonment of this territory will be a central issue in the inquiry committee that will be established.”
These exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah continue to escalate as the war with Hamas rages on in Gaza.
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