IDF says over 50 rockets fired at north overnight

More than 50 rockets were launched from Lebanon at the Galilee Panhandle and Kiryat Shmona area overnight, the IDF says.

Some 20 rockets were fired at around 1 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., with the IDF reporting that most of the projectiles were intercepted by air defenses, although some impacted Kiryat Shmona, causing damage.

According to the city, one rocket scored a direct hit on a building while a second hit a sidewalk, with both causing extensive damage.

At around 5:30 a.m., a barrage of another 30 rockets was fired from Lebanon, according to the military, which says that some were intercepted and the remainder hit open areas.

There were no injuries in the attacks, which were claimed by Hezbollah as revenge for a strike on a Lebanese town of Froun in which authorities said three emergency workers were killed.

The IDF confirms reports that its fighter jets struck buildings used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon’s Aitaroun, Maroun al-Ras, and Yaroun overnight, releasing footage of the strikes.

במהלך הלילה, מטוסי קרב תקפו מבנים צבאיים ששימשו את ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה במרחבים עיתרון, מארון א-ראס ויארון שבדרום לבנון.

אמש, כלי טיס תקף וחיסל מחבלים של ארגון הטרור אמל שפעלו בתוך מתחם צבאי של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה במרחב פארון שבדרום לבנון>> pic.twitter.com/EVVqArBCsX

— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) September 8, 2024

A separate drone strike on Saturday night killed two members of the Hezbollah-allied Amal movement, who the IDF says were operating out of a Hezbollah compound in the town of Froun.