JERUSALEM 

Rockets fired from Lebanon struck an Israeli military site in the Western Galilee on Saturday, Israel’s Army Radio reported.

“Rockets launched from Lebanon exploded at an Israeli army site in the Shatula area of the Western Galilee," the radio said, adding that there were no injuries or damage.

Earlier on Saturday, a rocket fired from Lebanon landed in an open area near Kiryat Shmona, an illegal settlement near the Lebanon-Israel border, according to the official Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

Lebanon's Hezbollah issued a brief statement confirming the attack.

On Friday, Hezbollah announced that it had launched 15 attacks on soldiers, military sites, vehicles, and illegal settlements in northern Israel. This marked the largest number of attacks carried out by Hezbollah on Israel in 35 days, coinciding with its announcement that seven of its members had been killed in border clashes.

Fears of a full-fledged war between Israel and Hezbollah have grown amid an exchange of cross-border attacks, especially after the July 30 assassination of senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr in Beirut.

The escalation comes against the backdrop of a deadly Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which has killed over 40,300 people since last October following an attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi