Israeli military intercepts "aerial target" and carries out more raids in Lebanon

 The Israeli military says it intercepted an aerial target that crossed into Israeli territory from the east early Sunday.

The interception followed a heavy barrage of rockets from southern Lebanon overnight. About 85 were fired around 6:30 a.m. local time (11:30p ET Saturday), after approximately 20 were fired earlier, the military said.

Following sirens in the southern Golan area, the air force “successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target that crossed into Israeli territory from the east. Rocket and missile sirens sounded following the possibility of fallen shrapnel from the interception. No damage or injuries were reported,” the IDF said.

The IDF added that fighter jets continued to strike “dozens of Hezbollah terror targets, including launchers and military structures in dozens of areas in southern Lebanon” on Sunday, after reporting 290 strikes since Saturday, some of the most intense since the October 7 attacks.