Israel launched a wave of retaliatory airstrikes on Hezbollah terrorists Saturday in response to rockets being launched from Lebanon.
Israel struck dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Saturday after the terror group fired a half dozen rockets at a border town in the Jewish state in a “a blatant violation” of a fragile November ceasefire.
The terror group blasted six rockets at Metula, a northern Israeli border town in the Galilee, on Saturday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said. Israel intercepted three and the other three reportedly fell short in Lebanon.
In response, Israeli forces struck dozens of Hezbollah rocket launchers and a command center, the IDF said on X. And in a second wave of airstrikes Saturday night, targeted Hezbollah headquarters, infrastructure, operatives and a weapons depot, it said.
“The rocket fire launched this morning toward the Galilee constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and is a direct threat to the citizens of the State of Israel,” the IDF wrote on X. “The State of Lebanon bears responsibility for upholding the agreement.
