IDF says rocket sirens in Metula were false alarm

The IDF says that the rocket sirens that were triggered earlier this hour in the northern border town of Metula were a false alarm.

The army doesn’t comment on the other sirens that were triggered in the Upper Galilee area.

Rocket sirens triggered in northern border town, Upper Galilee

Rocket sirens have been triggered in the northern border town of Metula and in towns in the Upper Galilee.

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

US forces accounted for after reported rocket attack in Baghdad, official says

Multiple Katyusha rockets were fired near Baghdad International Airport, two Iraqi military officials told Reuters early on Tuesday, but a US official disputes reports that its military forces were targeted in the incident.

“All military personnel are accounted for and military forces were not targeted as had been reported,” the US defense official tells Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Two Iraqi security sources say an initial investigation showed three rockets were fired, including one that landed near buildings used by Iraqi counter-terrorism forces, causing damages and fire to some vehicles but no casualties.

The sources had previously said at least two Katyusha rockets were also fired at a military base hosting US forces and that air defenses intercepted the rockets.

But the US official says Washington was aware of reports of an attack instead on the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Complex, which is a Department of State facility.

The US Department of State is assessing the damage caused by the attack, according to a spokesperson, who says there were no casualties.

Iraq, a rare regional partner of both the United States and Iran, hosts 2,500 US troops and also has Iran-backed armed factions linked to its security forces.

Iran-aligned armed groups in Iraq have repeatedly attacked US troops in the Middle East since the Gaza war began.

Death count from Israeli strikes in Syria climbs to three

Syrian state media says three civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Damascus early Tuesday and nine others wounded, citing a military source.

“The Israeli enemy launched an air aggression with warplanes and drones from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting several points in Damascus,” the official SANA news agency says, adding that “three civilians were killed and nine others injured.”

Earlier, state media reported that one of its anchors had been killed in an Israeli strike.

IDF strike of Palestinian camp near Lebanon’s Sidon targets Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade commander

An Israeli strike in Lebanon early on Tuesday targeted Mounir Maqdah, commander of the Lebanese branch of the Palestinian Fatah movement’s military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, according to two Palestinian security officials.

Maqdah’s fate was unknown.

The strike hit a building in the crowded Ain El-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon, the sources said.

It marked the first strike on the camp, the largest of several Palestinian camps in Lebanon, since cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel broke out nearly a year ago.

Israel strikes Palestinian camp near south Lebanon’s Sidon for first time since Oct. 7

Israel launched a strike on a building in Ain El-Hilweh Palestinian camp near south Lebanon’s Sidon early on Tuesday, a Palestinian source and Lebanese media says.

It marks the first strike on the overcrowded camp, Lebanon’s largest of several Palestinian camps, since cross-border hostilities broke out nearly a year ago.

דיווחים בלבנון על הרוגים ופצועים בתקיפת ביתו של מוניר אל-מקדח במחנה הפליטים הפלסטיני עין אל-חילווה בצידון. אל-מקדח הואשם בידי ישראל שיחד עם איראן פועל להבריח אמצעי לחימה ליהודה ושומרון. אחיו ח'ליל אל-מקדח חוסל לא מזמן באותו אזור בידי ישראל. טרם ברור אם אל-מקדח חוסל pic.twitter.com/BiNaIrWtrx

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Syrian state TV says journalist killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus

Syrian state television says one of its anchors was killed in an Israeli strike on Damascus after midnight on Tuesday, with state-run media reporting three rounds of strikes in the capital area in one night.

State television says in a statement that it “mourns anchor Safaa Ahmad who was martyred in the Israeli aggression on the capital Damascus.”

The official SANA news agency earlier said that “air defense systems are intercepting hostile targets for the third time tonight in the Damascus area,” using a phrase that usually refers to Israeli strikes.

أكدت المديرية العامة للإذاعة والتلفزيون التابعة للنظام السوري مقتل الإعلامية صفاء أحمد نتيجة الهجوم الإسرائيلي الذي استهدف العاصمة دمشق. pic.twitter.com/INDb7GEZlX

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IAF intercepts drone over Mediterranean, dozens of miles off central Israel coast

The Israeli Air Force intercepted a drone over the Mediterranean Sea, dozens of kilometers west of Israel’s central coast, the IDF says.

The army adds that ten rockets were fired earlier tonight from Lebanon. Some of the projectiles were intercepted by Israel’s air defenses, while other rockets landed in open areas.

There are no reports of injuries or damage.

Syrian air defences intercept ‘hostile targets’ over vicinity of Damascus

Syrian air defenses intercepted “hostile targets” over the vicinity of Damascus, following an explosion that was heard in the capital, state media says.

Report: Security cabinet approved ground op that will be limited in both time and scope

After the IDF said in announcing its recently launched ground incursion into southern Lebanon that the operation was authorized by the political echelon, the Axios news site reports that the approval was given by the security cabinet in its late Monday night meeting.

The operation was approved by the security cabinet is limited in both time and scope and is not intended to occupy southern Lebanon, two Israeli officials tell Axios.