Hezbollah fires rocket salvo at Israel after senior commander killed

NORTHERN ISRAEL: Sirens went off as the Israeli defence system intercepted rockets fired towards northern Israeli towns from Lebanon on Wednesday (June 12).

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired scores of rockets at Israel on Wednesday, Israel said, in apparent response to an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, further ratcheting up tensions in their eight-month-long conflict.

The Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since the eruption of the Gaza war in October, in a steadily intensifying conflict that has fuelled concern of a bigger confrontation between the heavily armed adversaries.

The Israeli strike in south Lebanon village of Jouya late on Tuesday (June 11) killed three Hezbollah fighters alongside the senior field commander identified by Hezbollah as Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, three security sources said.

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In an apparent response, Hezbollah fired a barrage of around 50 launches from southern Lebanon into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel said.

A security source in Lebanon said Hezbollah had fired more than 100 rockets.