Dozens of missiles launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel: Report

By Said Amouri

JERUSALEM (AA) - The Israeli army detected on Friday dozens of missiles launched from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, according to Israeli media.

The missiles were fired toward the Kiryat Shmona settlement and Galilee panhandle, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

It said that the army intercepted some of the missiles, while others fell in open areas.

Earlier in the day, Lebanese group Hezbollah said that it targeted Israeli surveillance systems near the border with Israel.

Tension has escalated along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah since early October, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.

The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 that has since killed at least 27,947 people and injured 67,459 others.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio