JERUSALEM: The Israeli navy stated dozens of rockets have been fired into Israeli territory from Lebanon on Friday (Sep 20), as Hezbollah stated it focused Israeli navy bases.
“Some 140 rockets have been fired from Lebanon inside an hour beginning at 1.02pm (10.02am GMT),” a navy spokeswoman advised AFP.
The incoming fireplace got here after the Israeli navy stated it struck dozens of rocket launchers in a single day that have been prepared to be used in opposition to Israel.
Hezbollah stated it fired barrages of rockets at Israeli navy bases in retaliation for strikes on south Lebanon, as tensions soared following lethal sabotage assaults on its communications gadgets.
The group stated it launched “salvos of Katyusha rockets” in opposition to no less than six Israeli “military headquarters” and bases, together with a “primary air defence base”.
Israel has not commented on the blasts that rocked Lebanon this week.
For practically a yr, Israel’s firepower has been targeted on Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, however its troops have additionally been engaged in near-daily exchanges with Hezbollah militants.
The cross-border exchanges of fireplace have killed lots of in Lebanon, most of them fighters, and dozens in Israel, together with troopers. Tens of hundreds of individuals on either side of the border have been pressured to flee their properties.
