Missile launches from Iran and Lebanon toward Israeli territory continued early Thursday morning. At around 4:00 a.m., sirens sounded in Eilat and the Arava region following launches from Iran.
A few minutes later, sirens were activated in central Israel due to additional launches from Iran. Sirens also sounded in northern Israel following launches from Lebanon.
Most of the projectiles were intercepted, while the rest exploded in open areas. Magen David Adom said no injuries were reported in the barrages.
Earlier, around 1:00 a.m., launches from Iran and Lebanon triggered sirens in northern, southern, and central Israel. At the same time, the Hezbollah terrorist organization launched UAVs toward communities in northern Israel.
Most of the projectiles were intercepted and no injuries were reported. However, police officers and bomb disposal units were dispatched to several locations where impacts were reported. Damage was caused at one of the sites.
Emek Hefer Regional Council head Galit Shaul announced that a rocket fired from Lebanon directly struck the yard of a home in one of the communities in the area. The impact caused heavy damage to one house and secondary damage to several nearby homes.
According to Shaul, “The rocket caused extensive damage to one house and secondary damage to several others. There were no physical injuries. Two people suffering from shock were treated at the scene." She added that there were no physical injuries because residents were inside protected spaces.
Concurrently, the IDF launched a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting terror infrastructure belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization across Lebanon early Thursday morning, said the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
As part of the strikes, the IDF located and dismantled dozens of launchers which were ready to launch and neutralized dozens of Hezbollah terrorists while they were preparing to launch toward the State of Israel, the statement said.
Simultaneously, the IDF struck 10 terror structures in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut within 30 minutes, including intelligence headquarters, a headquarters of the Radwan unit, and additional command centers.
Moreover, the Israeli Air Force, guided by ground troops, struck more than 20 targets.
“The IDF is operating with determination against the Hezbollah terrorist organization as a result of the terrorist organization's decision to deliberately attack Israel on behalf of the Iranian regime. The IDF will not tolerate any harm to the residents of the State of Israel," the IDF statement stressed.
The strikes came after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that massive barrages towards Israel were a “joint and integrated operation" with Hezbollah, marking the first time that in the current round of fighting that the IRGC acknowledged cooperation with Hezbollah.
In a statement published in the Iranian Tasnim news agency, the IRGC stated that it launched several ballistic missiles and that Hezbollah launched drones and missiles at over 50 targets in Israel.
Hezbollah fired about 100 rockets towards northern Israel during the barrage, while Iran launched ballistic missiles at northern, central and southern Israel.
Additional missile launches from Iran and Lebanon targeted the same regions after midnight on Thursday. No injuries were reported but the Israel Police said it was operating at several scene of impacts as a result of falling interception debris.