The Israeli army says it intercepted two rockets fired from Lebanon this morning towards the Carmel and Menashe areas, south of the port city of Haifa.
Air raid sirens also sounded in the town of Caesarea, located on the coast between Haifa and Tel Aviv.
On Tuesday, Israel said it detected 180 rockets fired from Lebanon.
Some 100 were targeted at the Haifa area – most were intercepted, but some hit the suburbs of Kiryat Yam and Kiryat Motzkin.
It’s expected that US President Joe Biden will speak to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later, as Washington appears to be trying to limit Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack last week.
The Middle East has been on edge since the attack, in which Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel.
While the US has defended the right of its close ally to retaliate, it’s also sent the message that Israel shouldn’t hit Iran’s nuclear or oil production sites.
It’s understood that President Biden and Netanyahu haven’t spoken directly for several weeks – with suggestions that the two leaders’ relationship has become increasingly testy and mistrustful.
Differences have emerged over Israel’s conduct of its year-long war against Hamas in Gaza. There appear to be growing concerns in Washington that fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon may also turn out to be wider in scale and more prolonged than expected. (BBC)