Plumes of smoke rose into the air and explosions could be heard close to Israel’s northern border with Lebanon on Saturday as Israel and the Hezbollah group in Lebanon exchanged fire.
The Israeli army said that sirens sounded in northern areas of Israel, but did not comment further.
Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire since the group’s Palestinian ally Hamas attacked Israel from Gaza on October 7, igniting a conflict that has rippled around the region.
The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is their most serious confrontation since a 2006 war.
Israel unleashed its latest war in Gaza after Hamas attacks inside Israel on October 7.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, about 27,000 Palestinians, the majority of them women and children, have been killed in the conflict. Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are displaced, causing a humanitarian disaster.
The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.
