The Israeli army said in a statement that about 30 missiles were fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel this evening (Monday), which led to a response with artillery fire.

The Israeli army reported this evening that Lebanese armed groups fired 30 missiles at northern Israel during the past hour.

The statement added that the Israeli army then bombed the missile launch sites.

The Israeli army had announced in another statement earlier that during the night of last Sunday, with the help of the intelligence agency, Israeli fighter planes killed Wael Asfa, commander of the Deir al-Balah battalion in the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), accusing him of planning many Attacks against Israel.