IDF brings down drone after reported rocket strikes in northern Israel

According to Israeli state broadcaster KAN, some 35 projectiles targeted Nahariya.

 Smoke billows over Nahariya after Israeli anti-air defence systems operate, as they intercept rockets fired from south of Lebanon to Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Nahariya, northern Israel, October 28, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES)
Smoke billows over Nahariya after Israeli anti-air defence systems operate, as they intercept rockets fired from south of Lebanon to Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Nahariya, northern Israel, October 28, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES)

Projectiles crashed in northern Israel on Saturday afternoon during a barrage that triggered sirens in numerous localities in the coastal region, including the city of Nahariya.

According to Israeli state broadcaster KAN, some 35 projectiles targeted the city.

Following the alerts, Israel's emergency medical response service, Magen David Adom, reported that response teams searched several sites where rocket crashes were reported in the Upper Galilee region.

No injuries have thus far been reported, MDA noted.

The IDF later reported that it had identified "a number of suspicious aerial targets that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory."

 Smoke billows over Nahariya after Israeli anti-air defence systems operate, as they intercept rockets fired from south of Lebanon to Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Nahariya, northern Israel, October 28, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES)
Smoke billows over Nahariya after Israeli anti-air defence systems operate, as they intercept rockets fired from south of Lebanon to Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Nahariya, northern Israel, October 28, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES)

The military added that the air force monitored the targets and that the incident was unfolding.

Drone sirens move southward

During the ongoing barrage, drone sirens sounded in Shlomi, a community near the Lebanese border, at 4:16 p.m. before sounding in progressively more southern localities.

The latest sirens sounded at 4:47 p.m. in Binyamina, a community adjacent to Caesarea between Haifa and Netanya.

The IDF subsequently announced that it had intercepted a drone that had penetrated from Lebanon into Israeli airspace.


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Following the activation of sirens, the Home Front Command announced on Saturday evening that the incident had concluded. 

Earlier, damage was reported at a factory in Achziv, north of Nahariya, as the military intercepted a drone and several projectiles crashed inside Israeli territory.

Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.