Israel’s military on Saturday said that about 180 projectiles were fired from Lebanon. A 50-year-old man was hit by shrapnel and killed in northern Israel, and four other people were wounded, Israel’s medical services said.
In the northern city of Kiryat Ata, one rocket landed. Itzik Billet, commander for the Haifa area, said that nine people were slightly injured. The Israeli fire service said it was battling several blazes from missiles in the Shlomi area next to the border.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said that an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in eastern Baaloul village killed five people, including the mayor of a nearby village, Sohmor. An Israeli military official confirmed that the IDF struck targets in the Bekaa Valley.
Lebanon’s health ministry said that an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle on a highway north of Beirut, killing two people.
Israel has issued near-daily warnings for people to leave buildings and villages in parts of Lebanon. The fighting has displaced more than 1 million people, including around 400,000 children.
Israel also said that it killed Hezbollah’s deputy commander in the southern town of Bint Jbeil. The army said Nasser Rashid supervised attacks against Israel.