Lebanon’s group Hezbollah launched a series of drone and rocket attacks into northern Israel on Tuesday.
The Hezbollah also issue warning that its much-anticipated retaliation for Israel’s killing of a top commander last week was yet to come.
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Hezbollah said it launched drones at two military sites near Acre in northern Israel, and also attacked an Israeli military vehicle in another location.
The Israeli military said a number of hostile drones were identified crossing from Lebanon and one was intercepted.
Israeli medical officials said seven people were evacuated to hospital, to the south of the coastal city of Nahariya, one in critical condition.
The Israeli military said an initial investigation indicated the injuries were caused by an interceptor that “missed the target and hit the ground, injuring several civilians.” It said the incident was still under review.
Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been trading fire for the last 10 months in parallel with the Gaza war, with the tit-for-tat strikes mostly limited to the border area.
Last week, Israel killed Shukr, Hezbollah’s senior-most military commander, in a strike on the group’s stronghold in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
Hezbollah’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, vowed revenge, but said the response would be “studied.” He is set to speak on Tuesday at the one-week memorial for Shukr.