Approximately five rockets were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory early on Saturday morning, the IDF said.
The IDF Aerial Defense Array intercepted some of the rockets, while the rest fell in open areas, the military added. As a result, rocket sirens sounded in the area of Ha’Amakim in northern Israel.
Following these alerts, Israel’s emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, announced that MDA teams were on the way to sites of reported rocket and shrapnel crashes.
Walla later reported that the attack was estimated to have targeted the air force base in Ramat David. No casualties were reported.
IAF conducts strikes in southern Lebanon
Later on Saturday morning, the military said that the Israel Air Force struck Hezbollah terrorists operating within a command center that was located inside a mosque adjacent to the Salah Ghandour Hospital in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah terrorists used the command center to plan and execute terrorist attacks against soldiers and Israeli citizens, the IDF added.
The IDF reportedly sent notices to residents and held discussions with key figures in the villages before the strike.
Hezbollah utilizes hospitals in defiance of laws of armed conflict, the IDF said, noting that any military activity carried out from hospitals should be halted immediately.
“Since the beginning of the war, and even more so since the beginning of the limited ground activity in southern Lebanon, the IDF has been making great efforts to prevent harming uninvolved civilians and civilian infrastructure,” the IDF stated.
The military highlighted that these efforts stood in contrast to Hezbollah’s use of civilian structures, including critical infrastructure, to shield its military activities.
This is a developing story.
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