ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MAARIV
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Air defenses shot down some of the dozens of launches directed at the western Galilee in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The remaining launches landed in open areas.

Sirens were sounded in Nahariya, Shlomi, Achziv, Gesher Ziv, Liman and Sa'ar.

Hezbollah, according to Ynet, claimed responsibility for the barrage on northern Israel and claimed that the attacks were in response to "the death of three Syrian children in an Israeli attack aimed at the village of Umm al-Tut."

Smoke rises, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel
Smoke rises, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel (credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)

IDF strikes on southern Lebanon

Late on Tuesday night, the IDF confirmed that fighter jets had struck military buildings and terrorist infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah.

IAF fighter jets also attacked Hezbollah military buildings in the areas of Kfar Kila and Aita al-Sha'ab in southern Lebanon and terrorist infrastructure in the areas of Itatron and Aita al-Sha'ab in southern Lebanon.