JERUSALEM

Search operations continued for people trapped inside a house damaged in the settlement of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel on Wednesday following rocket fire from Lebanon, local media said.

According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the house was hit by a rocket by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon.

The national emergency agency MDA said no injuries were reported in the attack.

Channel 12 said incoming missile sirens sounded in several areas in northern and central Israel after a barrage of rockets and drones were launched from Lebanon.

According to the channel, 11 rockets were launched from Lebanon toward the settlements of Kiryat Shmona, Metula, Kiryat Yuval, and Manara in northern Israel, and the Sharon region in central Israel.

The public broadcaster KAN aired what it described as aerial interceptions over northern Israel.

The Israeli army has escalated its airstrikes across Lebanon in recent days amid cross-border attacks with Hezbollah, despite a ceasefire deal that has been in place since November 2024.

According to Lebanese authorities, at least 968 people have been killed and 2,432 injured in Israeli strikes across Lebanon since March 2.

The current escalation followed a joint US-Israeli offensive on Iran, which has killed around 1,300 people since Feb. 28. Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, along with Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries, which it says are targeting “US military assets.”