Israeli army detects more rockets fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel

By Anadolu staff

JERUSALEM (AA) - The Israeli army on Friday said it detected more rockets fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel, claiming that most of them landed in open areas.

The Israeli military statement didn't specify their numbers and whether any of the rockets hit a target.

It added that it's artillery struck the source of fire in Lebanon without giving further details.

Separately, the Israeli army said its fighter jets intercepted a rocket fired from southern Lebanon toward the occupied Syrian Golan Heights in northern Israel.

The Hezbollah group didn't comment on these incidents but announced earlier striking Israeli military sites near the Lebanese border.

On Thursday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah vowed a “real response” to an Israeli airstrike that killed group commander Fouad Shukr in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Tel Aviv blamed Shukr for Saturday’s missile attack that killed 12 people in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in Israel-occupied Golan Heights, although Hezbollah has denied any responsibility.

Fears have grown of a full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah amid a months-long exchange of cross-border fire.

The escalation comes against the backdrop of an Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which has killed nearly 39,500 people since last October, following an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar