The northern Israeli port city of Haifa was hit by about five rockets fired by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah late on Sunday, causing damage and injuring eight people, Israeli authorities say.

Hezbollah missiles landed in Haifa for the first time on Monday, prompting a swift response from the Israeli military.

Some projectiles from Hezbollah slipped past Israel’s aerial defence systems and hit some buildings. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israel’s military responded with airstrikes on Hezbollah’s Intelligence Headquarters in Beirut, targeting intelligence-gathering means, command centres, and other infrastructure. The strikes also hit Hezbollah weapons storage in the Beirut area, leading to secondary explosions that suggested the presence of weaponry.

Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third-largest city Haifa as Israeli forces looked poised to expand ground raids into south Lebanon on the first anniversary of the Gaza war, which has spread conflict across the Middle East.

Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel's third largest city Haifa early on Monday as Israeli forces looked poised to expand ground incursions into southern Lebanon on the first anniversary of the Gaza war,

Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel's third-largest city, Haifa, and Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon on Monday, one year after the devastating Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the Gaza war.

STORY: Hezbollah rockets struck Israel on Monday (October 7) on the first anniversary of the Gaza war.That’s as Israel looked poised to expand ground incursions into Lebanon.Iran-backed Hezbollah said it targeted a military base in Israel’s city Haifa with a salvo of missiles.