Massive fires ‘sparked by Hezbollah rocket and drone strikes’ rage across Israel as city evacuated

LEBANESE militant group Hezbollah has “taken revenge” on Israel and set the north on fire with a barrage of rockets and drones.

Israel’s military claims to have killed a prominent operative involved in improving the group’s air defences in a strike in southern Lebanon.

Firefighters battled blazes across northern Israel early this morning, reportedly sparked yesterday by rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon.

Thirty firefighting crews worked overnight to extinguish the fires as several major roads were closed in Galilee, said the Israel Fire and Rescue Services.

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