Hezbollah Launches 20 Rockets at Northern Israel, Which Responds With Artillery

JERUSALEM - The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired some 20 rockets at northern Israel early Friday, sending Israeli residents in several towns into bomb shelters. The Israeli army said its Iron Dome system intercepted 10 rockets, and six of them landed in open areas.  Israel retaliated with an artillery barrage.

Hezbollah said it was responding to a previous Israeli airstrike, but the move increases tensions along Israel’s northern border. That’s the sound of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system shooting down 10 rockets that Hezbollah launched at northern Israel. Residents in several Israeli towns in the Golan Heights and northern Israel briefly entered bomb shelters. Six other rockets landed in open areas, and three fell short and landed in Lebanon. Israeli officials said there were no injuries.