Sirens are activated in northern Israel as a “large volley of rockets” is fired towards several areas, including Haifa.

A drone struck Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vacation home in the north of the country, Al Jazeera has confirmed, triggering air raid sirens across Israel, including the main city of Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu’s spokesman said one of three drones launched from Lebanon struck Netanyahu’s residence in the city of Caesarea on Saturday, adding that it was not nearby and there were no had no casualties.

The other two drones were intercepted, the Israeli military said, adding that a total of 55 rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel, injuring at least 13 people.

Hezbollah, aligned with Iran, has been exchanging fire with Israel since last October.

Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Amman, Jordan, because Al Jazeera has been banned in Israel, said that while little is known about the attack on Netanyahu’s residence due to restrictions imposed by the Israeli army, she received confirmation that the drone attack did indeed hit Netanyahu’s residence. Prime Minister’s House.

“It’s an area where a lot of power is concentrated,” she said. “The fact that a drone was able to pass unnoticed 70 km from the Lebanese border, without any sirens being triggered, and that it struck the intended target, aroused great concern in Israel and within of the Israeli security establishment. »

She said “a large volley of rockets” from Lebanon was used as a decoy to launch the drone attack on Netanyahu’s house. Sirens were activated throughout northern Israel, including in the cities of Galilee and Haifa, she said.

Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel and is considered a strategic port city home to 300,000 residents and the country’s naval headquarters.

“The sirens went off right after we had confirmation that a drone attack had indeed succeeded in targeting and hitting the Israeli prime minister’s house in Caesarea,” Odeh said.