Dozens of rockets have been fired at Israel from Lebanon. An air raid alert was sounded several times in northern Israel. • Meduza • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
Dozens of rockets have been fired at Israel from Lebanon. An air raid alert was sounded several times in northern Israel.
About 40 rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces reports.
The department claims that some of the missiles were intercepted, while the rest fell in open areas. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties.
The IDF added that Israeli air defense forces had previously shot down two drones. In addition, over the past few hours, the Israeli military has carried out a series of attacks on targets in southern Lebanon, the press release said.
The Israeli publication The Times of Israel writes that Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack on Israel. The group claims to have fired “dozens” of rockets at Israeli artillery positions.
According to publications on the IDF telegram channel, an air raid alert was announced in northern Israel at leasttwice . Videos have also appeared online that allegedly show the work of Israeli air defense.
On April 1, Israeli aircraftattacked the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria. The attack killed seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Quds Force commander General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.
Following the strike, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that "the Zionist regime will be punished." Khamenei's military adviser later threatened that none of Israel's embassies "are safe anymore."
US President Joe Biden said on April 11 that Iran may be planning to strike targets in Israel in response to the killing of IRGC commanders. After this, the US Embassy in Israel ordered its employees not to travel outside of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Beersheba “for security reasons.”
According to Axios sources, Iran has warned the US that if Washington intervenes in the conflict between Iran and Israel, US bases in the region will be attacked.