The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s events as they happen.
Military says around 50 rockets fired from Lebanon in barrage targeting Safed area
The IDF says that sirens in Safed and the surrounding area were triggered by a barrage of some 50 rockets fired from Lebanon around 1:40 a.m.
The military adds that it intercepted numerous missiles and others impacted in the area.
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
תיעוד: יירוטים בשמי צפת @cbeyar pic.twitter.com/yndDC4hhJo
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) October 15, 2024
Rocket warning alerts blare in Safed and surrounding area
Warning sirens are activated in the Upper Galilee city of Safed and a number of Israeli communities in the area, amid an apparent rocket attack from Lebanon.
Israeli official says Jerusalem reviewing US letter linking Gaza aid and arms supply
WASHINGTON — A letter from top US officials in which they told Israel to improve Gaza’s humanitarian situation or risk military aid is being reviewed by Israel, an Israeli official in Washington says.
“Israel takes this matter seriously and intends to address the concerns raised in this letter with our American counterparts,” the Israeli official says.
After sirens, IDF says 2 drones from Lebanon impacted in north; no injuries reported
The military says a pair of drones from Lebanon impacted in northern Israel, after sirens sounded in a pair of northern towns near the border.
A statement from the Israel Defense Forces says the impacts didn’t result in injuries.
The IDF also says sirens were triggered in the town of Ya’ara shortly before midnight due to concerns of falling shrapnel from an interceptor missile fired at what turned out to be a falsely identified “suspected aerial target.”
Sirens sound in pair of Lebanon border towns due to suspected drone
Warning sirens have been activated in a pair of northern communities near the Lebanon border due to a suspected hostile aircraft, according to the IDF’s Home Front Command.