IDF launched widespread airstrikes in Lebanon after rocket firing into northern Israel

Anjali Sharma

GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 16th Feb.  According to Israeli local media on Thursday reported that the Israel Defense Forces said it launched “widespread” airstrikes in Lebanon, in response to the rocket firing into Israel.

The media reported that Israeli woman was killed and 8 others were wounded as a barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon slammed into Safed and an army base in the northern city, the military and medical officials said.

There was no immediate claim for the rocket fire, although it is believed to have been carried out by the Hezbollah, which has been launching daily rocket, missile, and drone attacks on northern Israel in recent months.

Iran backed militant group based in Lebanon, Hezbollah stated that it is doing so in support of the Hamas in Gaza, against Israel which has retaliated to surprise attack by Hamas into southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

IDF and Safed’s municipality said rockets hit an army base in the area, some 13 km from the Lebanon border.

IDF said fighter jets were carrying out a “widespread” wave of airstrikes in Lebanon, reported by local Israeli media.