The Israeli Air Force intercepted a rocket fired by Hezbollah toward IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon moments before midnight, the military said. No casualties were reported.
The Israeli Air Force intercepted a Hezbollah rocket fired at IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon moments before midnight, the military said. No casualties were reported. The interception at 00:05 follows a similar incident reported at 23:52 June 13, when sirens were triggered by a different rocket fired toward forces in southern Lebanon — that rocket did not cross into Israeli territory, according to the IDF. The fresh interception appears to be a separate, later event rather than a re-report of the earlier one.
At 23:52 on June 13, The Zioneer reported that the IDF had confirmed sirens were triggered by a rocket fired at forces in southern Lebanon with no casualties and no crossing into Israeli territory. That report matched the framing of the current incident: the rocket was aimed at troops inside Lebanon, not Israeli communities. The 23:52 thread version also included the IDF's interception of a Hezbollah rocket aimed at troops — establishing a pattern of Hezbollah targeting Israeli ground forces in the area. The source for both reports was the military's own statement; corroboration from independent outlets had not yet appeared at that time.
The interception is the latest in a series of Hezbollah attacks against Israeli ground forces operating in southern Lebanon since ground operations began in the area. As The Zioneer reported on June 12 at 16:09, the IAF destroyed five launchers Hezbollah had used to fire at troops in southern Lebanon. Separately, on June 13 at 18:45, unverified Arab reports emerged of Hezbollah firing a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli jet over southern Lebanon — a claim the IDF has not confirmed.
The military's account remains the only source for the interception. No independent confirmation from news outlets or field reporters has yet emerged. The full extent of possible damage or secondary impacts from the rocket or its interception has not been detailed by the IDF.
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