The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.
IDF downs ‘suspicious aerial target’ that crossed from Lebanon off Nahariya coast
The IDF says the Air Force successfully intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” — likely a drone — that crossed from Lebanon a short while ago.
The army says no alerts were activated in Israeli communities during the infiltration, which happened off the coast of Nahariya.
חיל האוויר יירט לפני זמן קצר מטרה אווירית חשודה שחצתה מלבנון לעבר שטח הארץ, במרחב הימי מול חופי נהריה.
לא הופעלו התרעות על פי מדיניות pic.twitter.com/QySKkE00IU— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) October 13, 2024
US defense chief voices concern to Gallant over reported targeting of UN peacekeepers
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant on Saturday, expressing “deep concern” over reports that Israeli forces fired on UN peacekeeping positions in Lebanon, the US Department of Defense says in a statement.
Austin called for the safety and security of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, and the Lebanese army, the readout says.
Austin also stressed the “need to pivot from military operations in Lebanon to a diplomatic pathway as soon as feasible.”
Several rounds of rocket sirens sound in north
Several rounds of incoming rocket alerts have sounded in the north, indicating possible attacks from Lebanon.
Alarms blared in Mitzpe Hila and the Goren Park in the Western Galilee shortly after midnight, and there have been more sirens in the past hour in the area of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee Panhandle.
There has been no word from the military, and no reports of impacts or injuries.
Jewish school in Canada targeted by gunfire during Yom Kippur, in 2nd attack in months
A Jewish school in Toronto was hit by gunfire Saturday for the second time this year, local police say, amid a rise in antisemitic attacks in Canada in the wake of the war in the Middle East.
No one was injured after shots were fired from a vehicle at around 4 a.m. local time at the Bais Chaya Mushka girls school, with the only damage being a broken window, according to authorities.
The school in the North York area of Toronto was targeted in a similar incident in May, and police believe the two shootings are connected.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is “very disturbed” by the incident, which comes as Jewish people celebrate Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism.
“As we wait for more details, my heart goes out to the students, staff and parents who must be terrified and hurting today,” Trudeau says in a post on X.
“Antisemitism is a disgusting and dangerous form of hate — and we won’t let it stand,” he adds.
According to a report published in May by Jewish organization B’nai Brith Canada, antisemitic acts more than doubled in the country between 2022 and 2023.
In November 2023, a Jewish school in Montreal was shot at twice in a single week, with no one injured.