One man was wounded, and fires broke out after around 50 rockets and missiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into northern Israel on Wednesday morning.
Some were intercepted by the IDF, and a number fell in the town of Katzrin in the Golan Heights, the IDF, Police, and MDA reported.
Hezbollah announced later on Wednesday morning that, in response to IAF strikes on the Bekaa region in the night, the terror organization sent Katyusha rockets into the Golan, according to Al-Manar. Hezbollah also released a statement saying they had been targeting the Tsnobar Logistics Base specifically, which is in the vicinity of Katsrin.
Drone sirens sounded across northern Israel on Wednesday morning. Sirens sounded at the same time in the areas to the east of Mount Meron and in the Katzrin area of the Golan.
The sirens in the Upper Galilee regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration were later determined to be a false identification, the IDF noted.
IAF carries out airstrikes in Beqaa, Lebanon. August 21, 2024. (Credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT).
MDA announced that, following the sirens in Kazrin, emergency teams were en route to sites of reported strikes and later added that a 30-year-old man received shrapnel wounds and was transferred for treatment at Ziv hospital.
Two others were treated for anxiety. Army Radio reported damage to property in the area following the barrage and fires. The outlet estimated about 50 projectiles crossed into the North.
The police reported on Wednesday morning that they were responding to a number of fallen aerial threats near Katzrin.
Northern District police said they were isolating the crash scenes to protect the public from danger.
Ynet reported that the Katzrin local council instructed residents to stay in the protected areas until further notice.
Oren Avitan, the MDA Yarden Region Director, said he was on his way to the area when he heard the alerts, and immediately after, he heard the sounds of explosions.
“We dispatched large teams to search several sites where we saw smoke and received calls on the 101 emergency line. At one site, we saw thick smoke coming from a private house that was on fire,” Avitan said.
MDA paramedic Muhammad Husni added that the 30-year-old man walked out of his house unaided but with shrapnel wounds and was later evacuated for treatment. Avitan said no other casualties were reported.
“This is a significant miracle considering the damage; the event could have ended very differently,” Avitan added.
Following the barrage, opposition leader Yair Lapid tweeted: “The government lost the North.”
Strikes on Hezbollah
Earlier, the Israel Air Force (IAF) struck Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in the Beqaa area of Lebanon on Wednesday night, the military reported.
The IDF said the secondary explosions which occurred following the strike indicate that weapons were located in the facilities.
Israeli media reported, citing Lebanon’s NBN network and the Lebanese Health Ministry, that airstrikes were conducted in the area of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, resulting in one dead and 16 wounded.
The IDF also announced on Wednesday morning that they struck a Hezbollah terrorist in the area of Beit Lif, southern Lebanon, overnight. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that a Lebanese citizen and a Syrian citizen were killed in two Israeli strikes on Beit Lif and Al-Wazzani in southern Lebanon, according to Al-Manar.
On Tuesday night, the IAF struck a military structure in the Al-Matmoura area of southern Lebanon in response to a Hezbollah unmanned aircraft incursion over the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights. Some targets were intercepted while others fell.
This is a developing story.
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