Fighters from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah have fired dozens of rockets from southern Lebanon at strategic sites on the northern side of the territories occupied by Israel in 1948, as tensions continue to escalate between the two sides across the border.
The Israeli military said some 45 rockets were launched from Lebanon and the first barrage of about 30 rockets targeted the northern Golan Heights at 3:35 p.m. local time (1235 GMT) on Saturday.
The military said some projectiles were intercepted, while others hit open areas. Some rocket impacts sparked fires.
A salvo of 10 rockets was fired at the Western Galilee region, and five other rockets hit the Upper Galilee.
The Gaza-based Hamas resistance group said its Lebanese branch carried out the rocket attacks on the western Galilee.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said in a brief statement that its fighters launched dozens of Katyusha rockets at Kibbutz Dafna in the Upper Galilee region, located seven kilometers (4.3 miles) east of the city of Kiryat Shmona.
The group said it was striking the kibbutz for the first time, making it a new target for Lebanese resistance fighters.
Earlier Saturday, Hezbollah targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers near the al-Manara site with artillery shells.
Lebanese military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said seven people, including four displaced Syrian children, were injured Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on different areas of southern Lebanon.
The sources said that Israeli drones and warplanes launched an airstrike on the house in the southeastern village of Houla, injuring three civilians, destroying three houses and damaging eight others.
In another incident, an Israeli drone launched an attack with two air-to-ground missiles on a tent belonging to a displaced Syrian and a car parked next to the tent in the Burj al-Muluk area, south of the southeastern city of Marjayoun, injuring four displaced Syrian children.
Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging deadly fire since early October last year, shortly after the regime launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip following a surprise operation by Hamas.
The Lebanese resistance movement has vowed to continue its retaliatory attacks as long as the Israeli regime continues its war in Gaza, which has so far killed at least 38,919 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
Hezbollah officials have repeatedly stated that they do not want a war with Israel, while stressing that they are prepared in case such a war does occur.
The two Israeli wars against Lebanon in 2000 and 2006 met with strong resistance from Hezbollah, leading to the regime’s withdrawal in both conflicts.
