Jerusalem, March 10: Hezbollah militants launched about 35 rockets at northern Israel on Sunday, prompting another round of Israeli strikes, IDF said.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that the rockets were fired towards the Meron area in Upper Galilee.
Seven of the launches were intercepted by Israel’s air defence systems.
There were no immediate reports of casualties, Xinhua news agency reported.
Following the rockets, Israel launched an artillery attack at the towns of Habbariyeh and Kounine and southern Lebanon, Israel’s Ynet news site reported.
Hezbollah assumed responsibility for the attack, saying in a statement that “dozens of rockets” were fired in response to a deadly Israeli airstrike on a house in the Khirbet Selm area on Saturday. (IANS)
