Sirens warning of incoming missiles and drones sounded across northern Israel overnight as Hezbollah launched repeated barrages toward the Galilee and Haifa area, before expanding its fire toward central Israel, including the Sharon region and Gush Dan.
At the same time, Iran launched missiles toward the Jerusalem area, marking a further escalation as Israel reported it had begun a broad wave of strikes against Iranian regime targets in Tehran.
Explosions were heard across several areas as air defenses intercepted part of the incoming fire. Israeli emergency services said there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Drone infiltration alerts were also activated shortly before 1 a.m. in communities in the northern Golan Heights and the Galilee panhandle, according to the Home Front Command.
Earlier in the night, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Haifa and the Haifa Bay area in a coordinated salvo launched from several locations in Lebanon.
That barrage set off sustained sirens across the Galilee, the Golan Heights and Haifa. One rocket scored a direct hit on a house in the Lower Galilee village of Bi’ina, lightly wounding two people.
Hezbollah later announced the start of what it called “Operation Devoured Chaff,” signaling what appeared to be a new phase in its attacks on northern Israel as sirens continued to sound repeatedly along much of the Lebanese border through the night.
Following the earlier barrage, Golan Regional Council head Uri Kellner warned that Israel could not wait for another disaster like the one in Majdal Shams to secure life along the northern border.
“We do not need another disaster, like the massacre in Majdal Shams, to ensure the safety of our lives here on the northern border,” Kellner said Wednesday evening. “The brutal rampage of fire by the terrorist organization is a test for Israeli security, and the response to it should be determined by the intent, not by the result.”
His remarks referred to the July 2024 rocket strike on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, which killed 12 children and teenagers and marked one of the deadliest Hezbollah attacks on civilians since fighting along the northern border began.
Meanwhile, plumes of smoke rose over Beirut’s southern Dahieh district, a Hezbollah stronghold, following Israeli strikes in the area. IDF Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee issued an urgent warning urging residents not to return to Dahieh until further notice.
Separately, the IDF said it had begun a broad wave of strikes targeting Iranian regime sites in Tehran.
There were also reports of interceptor fragments falling in Ramat Gan and Jerusalem. The Magen David Adom emergency service said it had not received reports of injuries.
First published: 23:09, 03.11.26