Beirut: Lebanese group Hezbollah fired 100 rockets in a single barrage from Lebanon toward areas in northern Israel, as video clips showed some of them directly hitting Israeli territory, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported on Wednesday evening. Air-raid sirens were activated in Haifa, Acre, the Krayot area, and several towns in northern Israel following the rocket barrage.
According to Anadolu Agency, the Israeli army stated that sirens were also triggered in the Gush Dan metropolitan area, as well as in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and the coastal plain in central Israel. This was due to rockets being launched simultaneously from Lebanon and Iran. Channel 12 reported that a rocket was intercepted over central Israel, while Israeli Telegram channels circulated videos showing the moment a rocket fell in Tel Aviv.
Interceptions caused loud explosion sounds, with Channel 12 adding that rockets fired from Lebanon fell in an open area in the Galilee, claiming that no injuries were recorded. Videos circulating on Telegram showed some rockets directly striking areas in northern Israel.
The Israeli army confirmed in a statement that Hezbollah had launched rockets toward several areas inside Israel. It added that Israeli warplanes were carrying out strikes on additional rocket launch platforms and infrastructure across Lebanon, alongside efforts to intercept incoming rockets. Hezbollah announced the launch of an operation called ‘Al-Asf Al-Ma’koul (The Devouring Storm).’
On March 2, Hezbollah began attacking Israeli military sites in response to repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli strike. Israel retaliated by launching a military campaign on Lebanon, carrying out airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and areas in the south and east of the country, and on March 3 began a limited ground incursion in southern Lebanon.
According to Lebanon’s Health Minister Rakan Nasser El Din, the attacks have resulted in 634 deaths, including 91 children, and 1,586 injuries.