Hezbollah unleashed approximately 215 rockets, along with additional missiles and drones, toward northern Israel on Wednesday, citing retaliation for the killing of a senior commander in an Israeli airstrike a night prior.

The attacks marked Hezbollah’s most extensive assault amid ongoing clashes on the Lebanon border during the Gaza conflict.

The militant group pledged to escalate its strikes following Israel’s targeting of top commander Taleb Abdullah. At a funeral procession in Beirut, senior Hezbollah figure

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conducted a security assessment Wednesday evening, according to his office. The barrage of Hezbollah attacks commenced Wednesday morning, launching at least 90 rockets at various locations in northern Israel, including Tiberias — marking the first such attack during the conflict — Safed, and Rosh Pina. Thousands sought refuge in shelters as Jewish Israelis observed the Shavuot holiday.

The Israel Defense Forces reported an additional 70 rockets targeted the Mount Meron area, housing a vital air traffic control base. Ten rockets struck the northern community of Zar’it, while an anti-tank guided missile hit a factory belonging to the Plasan armored vehicle manufacturer in Kibbutz Sasa, causing damage.

During the morning, a drone from Lebanon exploded in an open area near the northern community of Zivon. More rockets were fired later in the day toward upper and western Galilee areas.

While many rockets were intercepted by air defenses, several caused fires in northern Israel. No injuries were reported, but the rocket impacts ignited fires, prompting firefighting efforts by 25 teams and eight planes near Amiad, the Ein Zeitim forest, and Beit Jann, as stated by the Fire and Rescue Service.

Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the rocket and missile barrage, alleging targeting of Israeli military installations, including the Meron air traffic control base, the Amiad camp — situated approximately 20 kilometers from the border — and the Plasan factory.

Hezbollah justified the assaults in response to Tuesday night’s Israeli strike in southern Lebanon’s Jouaiyya, approximately 15 kilometers north of the Israeli border, which resulted in the death of Abdullah and three other operatives.