Further escalating the tensions in Israel’s north, Lebanon's terror organization Hezbollah fired several rocket barrages at Israeli targets on Saturday in what it called an “initial response” to the killing of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in the Lebanese capital Beirut last Tuesday.

Many residents of northern Israel awoke to the sound of sirens on Saturday morning, as rocket alarms were activated across the whole of Upper Galilee, from the Sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean Sea.

Shortly after, the IDF stated that most of the sirens had been false alarms after a salvo of 40 rockets was fired from southern Lebanon at the IDF radar station on Mount Meron.

The Israeli army didn’t report any injuries or damage resulting from the attack, adding that its forces responded by striking a terror squad that took part in the launches.

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