Explosion heard near northern border amid reports of rocket fired from Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces said it was investigating reports of explosions near the town of Shlomi on the Israel-Lebanon border after midnight Sunday.
Hezbollah-linked media in Lebanon said that apparently a rocket had been fired toward Israel.
No rocket warning sirens sounded in Israel and the military said that despite reports of an explosion, alert levels in the area remain “normal.”
There have been several instances of rocket fire from Lebanon into Israel in recent years with most blamed on Palestinian factions in the country, not the Hezbollah terror group.
However, it is unlikely that terrorists in southern Lebanon would be able to fire rockets without at least the tacit approval of the Iran-backed militia, which maintains a tight degree of control over southern Lebanon.
The incident comes amid rising tension over clashes at Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and renewed rocket fire from Gaza toward Israel.
Hamas and other Gaza-based terror groups have repeatedly invoked the flashpoint holy site as a red line. Police actions to quell riots there last year were among the triggers of an 11-day war in Gaza last May.