Sirens blared in the northern yishuv of Metula in the Galil at 7:30 a.m. on Shabbos morning after Hezbollah fired six rockets at Israel, the first major rocket attack since November 2024.

The IDF spokesperson said that three rockets were intercepted and three fell inside southern Lebanon.

The IDF responded to the attack with artillery fire and a series of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah command center and dozens of rocket launchers.

On Motzei Shabbos, Israel launched a second wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including in northern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, and near the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.

Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said on Motzei Shabbos: “We will not allow a situation of rocket fire from Lebanon at the yishuvim of the Galil. We promised security to the northern yishuvim – and that is exactly how it will be. The fate of Metula will be the fate of Beirut. The Lebanese government is responsible for any shooting from its territory. I instructed the IDF to respond accordingly.”

(YWN’s Jerusalem desk is keeping you updated after tzeis ha’Shabbos in Israel)