100 rockets fired from Lebanon: Israel

The Israeli army on Tuesday claimed nearly 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights.

The Israeli Army Radio, which described the firing of the rockets as ‘heavy bombardment’, said no injuries or material damage was reported.

According to the Times of Israel news website, the rockets were fired in two barrages - 70 rockets were fired at northern Israel, and 30 were fired at the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

The Israeli media published videos showing some of the rockets being intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome air defence system. Meanwhile, the Hezbollah group leader Hasan Nasrallah met with a top delegation from the Palestinian Hamas group, headed by Khalil Al-hayya, deputy of Hamas leader in Gaza.

They discussed the field situation in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the indirect negotiations aimed at ending the Israeli war on Gaza, according to a statement by the Hezbollah group.

Tension has flared along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchanges of weapons fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006. The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on October 7.

Meanwhile, in Washington, US President Joe Biden said that he has no plans to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“No,” Biden told reporters when asked if he has scheduled a meeting with Netanyahu.

Asked whether he plans to schedule such a meeting, he said: “We’ll see what happens.”