Three armed Hezbollah drones came down in northern Israel on Wednesday morning following several interception attempts, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
“Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration between 06:26 and 06:46 [a.m.] in the Western and Upper Galilee, Haifa Bay and Carmel areas, three UAVs were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory,” the military stated.
“Interception attempts were made, and impacts were identified in the Western Galilee area. No injuries were reported,” the statement continued.
According to Israel’s Channel 12 News, one drone impact was identified near the western Galilee town of Betzet and another was found near Acre.
Sirens sounded for around 20 minutes across the Western and Upper Galilee, Haifa Bay and Carmel regions as the IDF tracked the drones and attempted to intercept them.
Hezbollah has launched some 16,000 rockets, missiles and drones from Lebanon at Israel since joining the war in support of Hamas on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after the Gaza-based terrorist group’s massacre in southern Israel. Over 60,000 residents of northern Israel remain internally displaced due to the ongoing rocket and drone attacks from Lebanon, which have caused widespread material damage and multiple deaths and injuries.
The head of Hezbollah’s medium-range rocket array was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the area of Kfar Jouz in Southern Lebanon on Monday, the IDF said on Tuesday.
According to the IDF, Ali Tawfiq Dweiq was responsible for the launch of more than 300 rockets at Israel, including at Haifa and central Israel, since taking command of the rocket array in September.
With reporting by JNS.