Barrage of some 40 rockets fired from Lebanon at Western Galilee overnight

A barrage of some 40 rockets was fired from Lebanon at the Western Galilee earlier tonight, the IDF said.

The military said some of the rockets were intercepted and others impacted the area, though no injuries were caused.

It added that troops shelled the launch sites with artillery.

Meanwhile, the IDF said it struck several Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon.

Ship targeted by 2 suspected missiles from Yemen’s Houthis as oil tanker burns

Two missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden late Friday, splashing down nearby without causing any damage, authorities say.

The attack comes after the Houthis repeatedly assaulted and then boarded a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the nearby Red Sea, planting explosives on it they later detonated. That attack, the worst in weeks, risked a major oil spill as the rebels’ campaign disrupts the $1 trillion in goods that pass through the Red Sea each year over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, as well as halting some aid shipments to conflict-ravaged Sudan and Yemen.

The attack Friday saw two missiles “exploding in close proximity to the vessel” some 240 kilometers (150 miles) east of Aden, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center says.

The ship “reports all crew are safe and proceeding to next port of call,” the UKMTO says. “Investigations are ongoing.”

US CENTCOM says it conducted raid in Iraq, 15 Islamic State operatives dead

US Central Command (CENTCOM) says its forces conducted a partnered raid with the Iraqi Security Forces in western Iraq in the early hours of Aug. 29, resulting in the deaths of 15 Islamic State (ISIS) operatives.

“The ISIS element was armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive “suicide” belts,” CENTCOM says. It also adds that there were no indications of civilian casualties in the raid.