Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement has fired multiple barrages of rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed one of its senior commanders.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported identifying more than 200 projectiles crossing the border on Wednesday. Some caused fires, but no casualties were reported.
A top Hezbollah official vowed to increase the intensity, force, and quantity of attacks during the funeral of Taleb Sami Abdullah, the field commander killed in a strike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday night.
Exchanges of fire across the Israel-Lebanon border have occurred almost daily since the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began on 7 October. Hezbollah claims its actions support the Palestinian group. Both organizations are designated as terrorist organizations by Israel, the UK, and other countries.
More than 375 people have been killed in Lebanon, including at least 88 civilians, according to Lebanese authorities and the UN. In Israel, the military reports 18 soldiers and 10 civilians killed.
Hostilities have displaced tens of thousands of people from border communities in northern Israel and southern Lebanon.