The Israel Defense Forces continued intense air and ground campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, was killed this week in a firefight with Israeli forces, officials said.
The development comes as Israel continues intense air and ground campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The uptick in offensive operations came as Israeli leaders planned their response to Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack.
The Israel Defense Forces said it identified around 70 projectiles fired into Israel from Lebanon on Sunday morning.
The launches set off sirens in the Western Galilee and Upper Galilee areas, the IDF wrote in a statement posted to X.
Some projectiles were intercepted, the IDF said.
“Israel Fire and Rescue Services are operating to extinguish numerous fires that were ignited in the area as a result of the attack”, the IDF wrote.
-ABC News’ Jordana Miller
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday reported the killing of a senior member of Hezbollah’s southern front command.
Al-Haj Abbas Salama was killed by an airstrike in the Tebnine area of southern Lebanon, the IDF wrote on social media.
Salama, the IDF said, was involved in “many terrorist plots” and served in several positions in Hezbollah’s southern front command.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated calls for the protection of the few hospitals still operating inside Gaza on Saturday, following reports of fresh Israeli strikes on two health care facilities in the north of the strip.
