As many as 12 people died after a rocket was launched towards Israeli-occupied Majdal Shams, which Israel says was carried out by Iran-backed Hezbollah, reported The Jerusalem Post.
The exercise was attended by Interior Minister Moshe Arbel and the Ministry's Director General, Ronan Peretz and was held due to the increasing threat of an expanded war coming in the north of Israel with the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported earlier Tuesday evening Israel Air Force fighter jets attacked a military structure of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the area of Kfarkela in southern Lebanon.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reported that Sunday morning about 20 Hezbollah terror rocket launches were detected that crossed from the territory of Lebanon into the Lower Galilee region in Israel, some of which were successfully intercepted by the IDF's air defense units.
Hezbollah has escalated tensions with Israel by launching a large barrage of rockets following the killing of a top commander in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that earlier on Monday Israel Air Force fighter jets attacked two buildings belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in which terrorists were operating in the areas of Aitaroun and Ayta ash Shab in southern Lebanon, alongside military buildin
Israeli jets struck a Hezbollah military structure in the southern Lebanese village of Houla where several terrorists were operating, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel maintains that his ministry is only responsible for evacuating residents to shelter in local schools when ordered by the government.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reported that earlier on Thursday Israel Air Force (IAF) aircraft attacked in the Sakhmar region of Lebanon where they eliminated an active UAV/drone launch unit of the Hezbollah air unit that had carried out launches into Israel earlier.