The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they happen.
IDF says it targeted Hezbollah arms storage sites in Tyre; rockets fired from Lebanon at Safed
The IDF says it has completed a wave of airstrikes against buildings in southern Lebanon’s Tyre where Hezbollah had stored weapons.
Numerous buildings were hit in the strikes, according to the military.
Meanwhile, a barrage of three rockets was fired from Lebanon at the Safed area a short while ago, setting off sirens in the city.
At least two of the rockets were shot down by air defenses, the IDF says. There were no reports of injuries in the attack.
The military says that fighter jets struck the launchers used in the attack a short while later.
Iranian FM says US ‘complicit’ in Israeli strike on Hezbollah command post in Beirut
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi asserts Israel used several US “bunker buster” bombs to strike Tehran-backed Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday, accusing Washington of “complicity” in Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon.
“Just this morning, the Israeli regime used several 5,000-pound bunker busters that had been gifted to them by the United States to hit residential areas in Beirut,” he tells a UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East.
“One cannot disregard the US complicity in the crime.”
Rocket alerts sound in Safed, Rosh Pina and other nearby towns
Incoming rocket sirens are activated in Safed, Rosh Pina and other northern Israeli communities.
IDF launches wave of strikes on southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre
The IDF announces that it is carrying out a wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon’s southern coastal city of Tyre.
It says further details will be provided later.
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IDF: Dozens of Hezbollah rocket launchers, weapons storage sites hit in tonight’s strikes
Dozens of Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon and buildings used by the terror group to store weapons were struck by Israeli fighter jets this evening, the IDF says.
IDF plans to intensify strikes on Hezbollah assets in Beirut, expects complex days ahead
The Israeli military plans to ramp up its strikes on Hezbollah assets in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.
Earlier this evening, the IDF said it was striking three buildings in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut where Hezbollah stored Iranian anti-ship missiles. Other Hezbollah sites will also be hit in the Dahiyeh, military sources say.
It comes after the military carried out massive airstrikes on Hezbollah’s main headquarters in the Dahiyeh earlier on Friday, in an attack that targeted Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
Until now, IDF strikes in Beirut had been “targeted assassinations” of top Hezbollah commanders. The latest strikes have been larger, and aimed at taking out infrastructure, along with top officials.
The coming days are expected to be complex, the military has assessed.