A direct hit was reported in Kazrin was reported on Thursday, with medical teams from Magen David Adom responding to the area after sirens were heard in the Galilee Panhandle and the Golan Heights. Two people were lightly injured, according to first responders.
Video: Massive volley on Golan Heights on June 13, 2024 / Credit: Usage under Israeli intellectual property law section 27a
In the Upper Galilee Regional Council area, an explosion was heard in the Gonen and Hulata localities due to the interception of a hostile aircraft by the Israeli military without a siren. Further sirens were sounded in Avivim and Yiron in the Upper Galilee region and again in a series of communities in the area. This is the second salvo in as many days and comes on the heels of the Israeli assassination of the most senior Hezbollah operative so far in the current conflict: Taleb Sami Abdullah, 55. Known within Hezbollah as Hajj Abu Taleb.
Hezbollah launched approx. 40 projectiles toward northern Israel moments ago. The IDF Aerial Defense Array successfully intercepted numerous launches, however, a number of hits that fell—ignited fires.
Additionally, five suspicious aerial targets were identified. The IDF Aerial… pic.twitter.com/DZft8YwCgM
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 13, 2024
Fire crews from the Keren Kayemeth-LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority were battling more than ten active wildfire sites across northern Israel following rocket launches and interceptions in the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights regions. Some 20 firefighting teams from the northern district and reinforcements from other areas have been deployed to the significant blaze locations. In the Upper Galilee, a massive wildfire was raging in the Biriya Forest, with numerous crews working to contain the inferno. In the Golan Heights, multiple fires have broken out in open areas near the towns of Kela, Katzrin, and El Rom in the wake of the attacks.
A Hezbollah source told Al-Jazeera that today's attacks were "the broadest and most comprehensive since October 8." The source claimed Hezbollah struck an IDF command center in the Golan Heights. "The goal is to deter Israel and respond to the killing of commander Abu Taleb," the source stated, adding that 150 rockets were fired towards the Galilee and Golan regions, along with 30 suicide drones.
Further sirens were sounded in Avivim and Yiron in the Upper Galilee region, and again in a series of communities in the area. This is the second salvo in as many days and comes on the heels of the Israeli assassination of the most senior Hezbollah operative so far in the current conflict: Taleb Sami Abdullah, 55. Known within Hezbollah as Hajj Abu Taleb.
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Additional alerts about the incursion of a hostile aircraft were sounded in Hazor Haglilit and its surroundings. Concurrently, the maritime security company "Ambrey" reported a distress call from a ship that had been struck by a Houthi missile approximately 129 nautical miles from Aden, Yemen.
Video: Interceptions in the Safed area / Credit: Usage under Israeli intellectual property law section 27a
In the Kiryat Shmona area, rocket and missile attack sirens were reported. At the same time, an Israeli military spokesperson stated that a force from Brigade 99 destroyed a massive tunnel approximately 800 meters long in the Gaza Strip, around one kilometer from the Israeli border. During the operation, dozens of individuals involved in hostile activities were neutralized, and approximately 50 terror infrastructures were demolished.
Video: The attack on northern Israel / Credit: Israel Fire and Rescue Service
