Approximately 10 interceptor missiles were launched from the Kiryat Shmona area into Lebanese territory, according to multiple news reports. Details on the targets and results of the launches have not yet been disclosed.
Around 10 interceptor missiles were launched from the Kiryat Shmona area into southern Lebanon on Thursday evening, according to multiple Hebrew media reports. The brief report, citing unnamed news sources, did not specify whether the interceptors engaged aerial threats over Lebanese airspace or were fired as part of a ground operation. No rocket or drone alerts were reported in Israeli border communities at the time of the launch. The IDF has not commented. The incident follows a week of intermittent cross-border fire from Lebanon into northern Israel, though the first such activity in several days. Whether Thursday's interceptor salvo represents a defensive response to an incoming threat or a preemptive action remains unclear at this stage.
2 developments
- ConfirmedHezbollah missile fire from Lebanon triggers IDF early warning in Kiryat Shmona; interceptions reported
- DevelopingRocket barrage from Lebanon hits Kiryat Shmona, Menara; no casualties reported
- DevelopingInterceptor launched from northern Israel towards southern Lebanon without alert
- StrongRocket fire from southern Lebanon toward Israeli border towns, interceptions
Source and signal
- Internal intake