dpa
Tel Aviv/Beirut
Sirens sounded across Israel and multiple people were injured on Sunday in rocket strikes from Lebanon, the Israeli military said, as the Lebanese Army recorded another fatality from an Israeli attack.
It said roughly 240 rockets were fired by the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia, forcing civilians to shelter across central and northern Israel, including in Tel Aviv.
According to the military, around 30 missiles were fired at the coastal city of Haifa and the western Galilee region within minutes, some of which were intercepted. Several people were reportedly injured in the attacks.
The attacks came one day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut reportedly killed at least 29 people. Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire repeatedly since the October 7, 2023 attacks. Israel launched a ground offensive to root the militia out of southern Lebanon in September.
Also on Sunday, the Lebanese Army said one of its soldiers died and 18 others were injured in an Israeli attack on a military centre in southern Lebanon.
The army added in a statement on the social media platform X that the attack had targeted the outpost in the al-Amiriya area near the coastal city of Tyre. The army did not specify the nature of the attack but said that the site was heavily damaged as a result.
Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported that the post had come under Israeli artillery shelling and its depots caught fire as a result.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
The Lebanese army remains neutral in the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, but has recently found itself caught between in the crossfire. Several Lebanese soldiers have already been killed since fighting between Hezbollah and Israel intensified in September.
