Rocket Sirens Sound in Israel's Eilat Amid Ongoing Conflict With Hezbollah in Lebanon

Tel Aviv: Sirens blared in the Israeli city of Eilat early Sunday morning following rocket attacks launched by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported. The strikes came after heavy Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the development is not confirmed by the militant group. 

Israel carried out its largest airstrike on Beirut in nearly, hitting Hezbollah's headquarters, where Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the attack.

Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes have resulted in over 600 deaths in Lebanon, marking one of the deadliest bombardments in nearly a year. The Israeli military has urged residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate as it prepares to intensify operations against Hezbollah.
 

Earlier, Lebanon experienced a ‘pager attack,’ reportedly involving the hacking and sabotaging of Hezbollah’s encrypted communications network including pagers , widely believed to be carried out by Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.