Israel reports rocket, drone attacks from Lebanon, Iraq amid regional tension

By Zein Khalil
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel reported the launch of rockets from Lebanon and a drone from Iraq on Sunday as regional tension continues to escalate over Tel Aviv’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Channel 7 said that 15 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Acre and Haifa Bay in northern Israel.

No injuries or damages were reported.

The Israeli army said its forces intercepted a drone fired from the east, a term used by the military to describe attacks from Iraq.

Israeli media earlier reported that the drone had fallen in the city of Yavne, south of Tel Aviv.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
The Lebanese group Hezbollah, for its part, confirmed that it targeted with rockets the Kiryat region in northern Haifa.

Regional tension has escalated due to Israel’s brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 43,800 people, mostly women and children, since a Hamas attack last year.

The conflict has spread to Lebanon, with Israel launching deadly strikes across the country in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of the Gaza war.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi