Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday said it launched dozens of Katyusha rockets at Israel, marking the latest in a series of attacks the group claims are in support of the Palestinian people.
This particular assault targeted Beit Hillel in northern Israel and was in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Kfar Kela and Deir Siriane in Lebanon, which Hezbollah stated had injured civilians.
Israeli media reported that 50 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards upper Galilee.
Video footage captured the activation of Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, with the Israel Defense Forces (confirming that “most” of the approximately 30 “projectiles” fired on Saturday night had been intercepted.
The IDF reported no injuries from the attack.
Tensions in the Middle East escalated further as Iran and its allies prepared to respond to the assassination of Hamas’s political leader, an act attributed to Israel, raising fears of a regional conflict.
In response, the United States announced the deployment of warships and fighter jets to the region, while Western governments urged their citizens to leave Lebanon.
Airlines also canceled flights to and from the country, where the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement is based.
The recent assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, following the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah’s military chief in Beirut, has prompted vows of retaliation from Iran and the “axis of resistance.”
Iran-backed groups from Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, and Syria have already become involved in the nearly 10-month conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
On Saturday, Israel engaged in another round of fire with Hezbollah, conducted a deadly raid in the occupied West Bank, and launched an attack on a school compound in Gaza City.
According to the civil defense agency in the Hamas-ruled territory, this strike killed at least 17 people.
Numerous schools converted into displacement shelters in Gaza have been targeted in recent weeks, with Israel asserting that these facilities were used by militants.
Hamas has consistently denied using civilian infrastructure for military purposes.
