The IDF said an explosion was heard in Caesarea on Saturday morning after a drone launched from Lebanon crashed into a building in the city. No one has been injured so far.
The police arrived to find the spot where it had fallen. At the same time, sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, but Israeli media reported that no notification was sent to the Home Front Command app for users in the area.
Two other drones launched with it were reportedly intercepted. The incident triggered an alert at the Glilot military base, but the military later determined that there were no drones in the area.
Israeli media reported, citing a Saudi television news channel, that a drone had targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea. Al-Hadad. The prime minister’s office released a statement saying Netanyahu and his wife were not at the scene and there were no other casualties.
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Earlier, an Islamist opposition group in Iraq claimed responsibility for a drone launched from the east after it was found to have crashed in the Golan Heights early Saturday morning.
The IDF announced the crash after sirens sounded in the area and noted that the drone had crossed into Israel from Syria and that no injuries were reported as a result of the crash.
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Later on Saturday morning, drone alarms were set off in Khan Yashia, Olesh, Ametz, Bat Hefer, Yat Hana and Parotime in Emek Hefer, west of Netanya.
No damage or loss of life was reported, and the details of the incident are being reviewed, the IDF said.
Around 7:00 a.m., drone sirens sounded again in several locations in the Kiryat Yam and Haifa area. Half an hour later, more sirens sounded in Tiberias and the surrounding areas of the city.
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Israeli media reported that two young men suffered minor and moderate injuries in a barrage of rockets aimed at Haifa and the Western Galilee.
Also, a rocket landed at Kiryat Atta, damaging a car parked near a residential building and property. No injuries were reported.
The IDF said it detected 55 launches from Lebanon into Israel between 10:22 a.m. and 10:37 a.m.
Jerusalem postal workers contributed to this report.
