Millions of Israelis rushed to shelters on Monday as sirens sounded across central Israel in response to projectiles fired from Lebanon, the military said.
Israeli fighter jets struck the launcher from which the projectiles were fired, it added © Mena Today
Millions of Israelis rushed to shelters on Monday as sirens sounded across central Israel in response to projectiles fired from Lebanon, the military said.
The military said shortly afterwards that three projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, and that all of them had been intercepted.
Israeli fighter jets struck the launcher from which the projectiles were fired, it added.
It said no injuries had been reported.
Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Nayera Abdallah
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