THE Lebanese armed group has said it has bombed the Glilot base of military intelligence unit 8200 in the suburbs of Tel Aviv with a “qualitative missile salvo”.
Earlier, Hezbollah said it bombed the Nirit area in Israel’s Tel Aviv suburbs with missiles, seemingly referring to a separate attack.
The Israeli military has said there have been no casualties reported so far.
Hezbollah’s statement came after videos verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency showed smoke rising near the Beit Aryeh settlement located north of the occupied West Bank and east of Tel Aviv after sirens sounded in three settlements in the West Bank.
Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, according to a Reuters witness. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
All air traffic at Ben Gurion airport has been halted and the Israeli military has declared a state of emergency in the Tel Aviv area, according to our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues, quoting Israeli media reports.
Meanhwile, Sirens have sounded in central Israel as a projectile was identified crossing from Lebanon and falling onto open ground, the Israeli army said.
Alerts sounded in the Samaria area and in Modi’in Illit, the Israeli military added in a statement.
Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency reported that Palestinian and Israeli news agencies showed on Telegram scenes of smoke rising near the Beit Aryeh settlement located north of the occupied West Bank and eastern Tel Aviv. This came after sirens were sounded in three settlements in the West Bank during the latest barrage of rockets.
Israel’s multi-layered air defences have intercepted the vast majority of missiles and drones fired at it since the start of the Gaza war.
