The IDF targeted a workshop in which Hezbollah was storing weapons in Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley, about 100km from the Israeli-Lebanese border, on Saturday night, the IDF stated.
معلومات اولية عن سقوط ٣ جرحى، ولا شهداء خلافاً لما اوردنا سابقاً #بعلبك pic.twitter.com/IXStezQZ6i
— Bachir Khodr (@BachirKhodr) March 23, 2024
The governor of Baalbek, Bachir Khodr, posted on X that initial information indicated that three people were wounded in the strike. The strike reportedly targeted a house in the al-Asira neighborhood of Baalbek, with Lebanese media reporting that the targeted site was located near the home of a senior member of Hezbollah.
Shortly after the strikes were reported, rocket sirens sounded in the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights, with the IDF saying about 50 rockets were fired from Lebanon. Some of the rockets were intercepted, while the others fell in open areas. The IDF responded quickly by targeting the sites where the rockets were fired from.
Hezbollah took responsibility for the rocket fire.
Additionally, shortly after the strikes in Lebanon, alleged Israeli airstrikes were reported in the Qalamoun Mountains in Syria, north of Damascus. A fire erupted at one of the sites reportedly targeted in the strikes, according to Syrian media.
IDF strikes sites throughout southern Lebanon
Earlier on Saturday, the IDF struck several military buildings and an observation post belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Soldiers from Unit 869 noticed a terrorist entering a military building in Kfarkela in southern Lebanon, with the Air Force striking the structure.
In Naqoura and Ayta ash Shab, fighter jets targeted several buildings used by Hezbollah and a Hezbollah observation post in Al Khayyam was struck as well.
Throughout the day, several projectiles were launched toward Mount Dov, Margaliot, and Shomera in northern Israel. Additionally, Hezbollah drones targeted two locations in the Kfar Blum area in northern Israel.