Anita Ogona
Israel’s Army Radio on Wednesday morning, reported that two barrages of rockets totaling 150 were fired at Israel.
The rockets headed randomly at different locations. More than 69 were directed at the area of Meron.
This is coming hours after Israeli airstrikes killed four officials from the militant Hezbollah group including a senior military commander.
The two barrages of rockets is seen as significant retaliation. The Iran terror proxy is extremely angered by the loss of its strong commander.
Taleb Sami Abdullah, 55, who was known within Hezbollah as Hajj Abu Taleb, was the most senior commander killed since fighting began eight months ago, AP reported.
His death came amid rising escalation along the Lebanon-Israel border that has seen Hezbollah intensify its attacks on northern Israel while Israeli airstrikes have struck deep inside Lebanon.
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV reported that rockets were being fired from south Lebanon into northern Israel. Sirens were sounded in northern Israel, according to Israeli media.
.A Hezbollah official said Abdullah was the most senior commander to be killed in Lebanon since the latest round of violence along the Lebanon-Israel border erupted in October adding that he was the commander of the group’s Nasr Unit that is incharge of parts of south Lebanon close to the Israeli border.
The Israeli strike destroyed a house in Jwaya where Abdullah and three other officials were holding a meeting, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the border, late on Tuesday.
The Hezbollah official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations according to AP, said Abdullah was more senior than a commander who was killed in January, Wissam al-Tawil.
Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon have killed over 400 people, most of them Hezbollah members, but the dead also include more than 70 civilians and non-combatants.
On the Israeli side, 15 soldiers and 10 civilians have been killed since the war in Gaza began.
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