Earlier Saturday, the IDF said it intercepted rockets targeting the northern Israeli border town of Metula.

Israel said it was still determining who launched the rocket fire, but defense officials said they hold the Lebanese government responsible for preventing hostile fire from its territory. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah.

Israeli media reported the army used artillery fire to target the site from which the rockets were launched.

Lebanese security sources told Germany’s DPA news agency that Israeli artillery fire targeted the village of Yohmor and the hills of al-Hamames, across the border from Metula.

In Lebanon, Israeli fighter jets were reported flying over southern regions of the country.

Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir said Saturday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would “respond severely to the morning’s attack,” after it reported three rockets fired Lebanon were intercepted in northern Israel.

The Israeli military said it was still investigating who could have fired the rockets.

Lebanon’s official news agency reported Israeli air and artillery strikes in areas of southern Lebanon on Saturday. No casualties were reported.

Before a November ceasefire, Israel pummeled targets in Beirut, while deploying ground troops in southern Lebanon during a two-month offensive against Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

The Iran-backed militant group began attacking Israel with rockets and artillery a day after the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, 2023.

Since then, thousands of residents in northern Israeli towns have been displaced. The Lebanese Health Ministry in November 2024 estimated more than 3,000 people in Lebanon had been killed in the 13-months of conflict.