According to Israeli officials, the Lebanese militant organisation Hezbollah fired a flurry of rockets towards the northern Israeli city of Haifa late on Sunday, injuring eight people and seriously damaging property.

Five or six rockets were launched, one of which hit numerous residential buildings and a roundabout next to a store in eastern Haifa.

According to the Israeli military, it is looking into why the inbound rockets were not intercepted by its air defence systems.

Claiming that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed by an Israeli airstrike last month, Hezbollah said the attack was directed towards a military base south of Haifa.

Hezbollah launched a separate rocket attack in the town of Tiberias, which is situated on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, injuring one person.

Israeli aircraft responded by attacking Beirut once more, this time focussing on targets the IDF identified as Hezbollah strongholds.

As fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah members continues in the area, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have stated that a third division has been sent to southern Lebanon.

After more than a year of border warfare, which was first triggered by Hezbollah’s backing of Palestinian troops in the wake of Hamas’s attack on southern Israel in October 2023, there has been a recent escalation.

Hezbollah has continued its rocket attacks despite suffering significant losses, and the situation has continuously gotten worse.

The IDF reports that just on Sunday, Hezbollah launched over 135 rockets into northern Israel. At around 23:22 local time (20:22 GMT), air raid sirens went off in the Carmel and Bay districts, signalling the start of the Haifa strikes.

Emergency personnel may be seen responding to the attack’s damage in videos taken at the spot. The Magen David Adom ambulance service reported moderate to critical shrapnel wounds, with a 22-year-old male and a 13-year-old boy among those receiving medical attention.

As the war with Hezbollah heats up, Israel has promised to protect the country’s northern border and the thousands of displaced citizens.