The Israeli military said several projectiles were fired Tuesday from across the border into the country’s northern areas after Israel began targeted ground raids against Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon.
The projectiles were fired after sirens sounded in the Metula and Avivim areas, the military said, adding that some of the projectiles were intercepted while others fell in open areas.
Police said one projectile hit a road near the central town of Kfar Kassen, wounding a man who was struck by shrapnel and treated by emergency services.
The cross-border fire from Lebanon came as Israel launched what it called limited ground operations in southern Lebanon and also targeted south Beirut, Damascus and Gaza amid a flurry of fighting.
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Early Tuesday, Israel’s military said its forces, backed by air strikes and artillery, carried out “targeted ground raids” on Hezbollah positions in settlements along the border.
It said the targets posed an “immediate threat” to northern Israeli communities, and warned Lebanese civilians against driving in a southern zone along the border.
Meanwhile, the Iran-backed militant outfit said it had twice targeted Israeli troop movements in Metula in northern Israel, after IDF announced the start of a “limited” cross-border ground operation.
The group targeted “a movement of enemy soldiers in Metula with artillery shells”, it said in a statement. In another, it said it had targeted a “gathering of enemy soldiers” in the same area with rockets.
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