IDF hits Hezbollah launchers after rocket fire

Hezbollah rocket launchers used to fire some 45 rockets at northern Israel on September 10 were targeted in IDF drone strikes, while Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told troops the military was in the process of shifting its attention from Gaza to Lebanon, Report informs referring to The Times of Israel.

A barrage of 30 rockets was launched at the Mount Meron area in the afternoon, with the Israel Defense Forces reporting that some were intercepted and others struck open areas. Another 15 rockets were fired at the Western Galilee, some of which were intercepted by air defenses, the IDF added.

There were no injuries in the attacks.

The launchers were later hit in southern Lebanon’s at-Tiri and Mansouri, according to the military.

Additionally, Israeli fighter jets struck a building used by Hezbollah in Rachaf, the IDF added.

The military also confirmed that several drones were launched from Lebanon at northern Israel earlier in the evening.

The IDF said some of the drones were shot down, while others impacted near Kibbutz Ami’ad in the Upper Galilee. There were no injuries.

Footage showed a Hezbollah drone flying over northern Israel, as sirens sounded in Rosh Pina and several other towns.

Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack, claiming to have targeted an Israeli military site.

The IDF also said fighter jets struck a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing plant in southern Lebanon’s Jouaiyya earlier in the day, along with a command room and other buildings used by the terror group in Nabatieh, Mansouri, and Kafr Kila.

Separately, the IDF said a cell of Hezbollah operatives spotted in southern Lebanon’s Houla was targeted in an airstrike.

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