Sirens were triggered around midday on Wednesday across wide swaths of Israel following near-simultaneous launches from Iran and Lebanon.
According to security officials, five rockets were fired from Lebanon and one missile was launched from Iran. All incoming threats were successfully intercepted by Israel’s air defense systems.
Police in the Tel Aviv district reported that they are responding to several locations where interceptor debris or munitions fragments fell.
At the scene in central Israel, Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs provided medical treatment and evacuated two lightly injured victims to Shamir-Assaf Harofeh Hospital. The two, both fully conscious, included a man around 30 who sustained shrapnel wounds and another person suffering from blast injuries. Three additional individuals were treated at the scene for anxiety but did not require hospitalization.
A senior military source said the IDF is assessing whether the incident marked the first attempt at coordinated fire between Tehran and Hezbollah, an apparent effort to test and overwhelm Israel’s air defense capabilities.
In response to the launches, the IDF carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
As of this stage, no injuries have been reported.