Dozens of projectiles cross into Israeli territory from Lebanon, with impacts reported

 The Israeli military said it identified around 20 projectile launches that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory on Wednesday, adding that “some were intercepted.”

The launches were directed at the Krayot area near Haifa, in northern Israel, where sirens had sounded between 1:40 p.m. and 1:42 p.m. local time.

A few minutes later, some 10 projectile launches crossed into Israel’s border area of Kiryat Shmona, hitting the northern city as sirens sounded between 1:49 p.m. and 1:51 p.m. local time. “Fallen projectiles were identified,” the Israel Defense Forces said.

The attack on Kiryat Shmona triggered a fire in a garage that eight firefights are working to extinguish, according to Yair Eliyakim, the head of the firefighting command in northern Israel, who described the attack as “a direct hit” on the northern city.

Footage shared by the Kiryat Shmona municipality and emergency services showed buildings and cars going up in flames as firefighters worked to extinguish them. In one video, a hole is left in the pavement following what appears to be a hit by a projectile or parts of a projectile. “The rocket is still deep inside (the pavement),” said a man filming the damage.

So far on Wednesday, a total of 120 projectile launches were fired from Lebanon, according to the IDF.