Northern Israel has been plunged into a new round of violence after Hezbollah launched one of its heaviest barrages in years, hammering Israeli military bases and raining rockets on Haifa in retaliation for overnight IDF strikes in Lebanon, officials say.

Sirens wailed across Haifa, Kiryat Shmona and the Galilee as radar screens filled with launch tracks from southern Lebanon. Within minutes, dozens of rockets and guided missiles were slamming into hillsides, roads and the outskirts of key IDF installations. Residents filmed fiery streaks over Haifa Bay and bright impacts on the slopes of Mount Carmel.

The Israel Defense Forces confirm that “multiple northern bases” came under fire, including an artillery position and an intelligence compound, with at least one facility suffering a direct or near‑direct hit. Initial casualty reports speak of soldiers killed and wounded, as well as civilians hurt by shrapnel and shattered glᴀss in Haifa’s industrial zones and port area.

Hezbollah’s media arm is celebrating what it calls a “punishment strike” for Israeli raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs and border villages, boasting that rocket and missile units operated “under Iran’s umbrella” as the broader war with Tehran widens.

Israeli warplanes and artillery have already begun pounding launch sites and suspected command nodes across southern Lebanon in response, raising fears that the northern front is tipping from limited exchanges into a sustained, all‑out confrontation that could drag the entire region deeper into conflict.