Hezbollah drones target Galilee Panhandle and Golan frontier — 1 intercepted, 1 hits open area

Hezbollah launched a drone attack on the Galilee Panhandle and northern Golan Heights, triggering air raid sirens across nine communities along the Lebanese border confrontation line. The affected communities included Ma'ayan Baruch, Kfar Giladi, Kfar Yuval, Kiryat Shmona, Metulla (second alert of the day), Misgav Am, Margaliot, and Tel Hai. The IDF confirmed one Hezbollah drone was successfully intercepted by air defenses, while a second drone hit an open area in northern Israel. No injuries were reported. The Galilee Panhandle is Israel's narrow northern finger bordering Lebanon to the west and Syria/Golan to the east — the communities targeted (Kiryat Shmona, Metulla, Tel Hai) are directly on the confrontation line and have been subject to near-daily Hezbollah fire throughout the conflict. The attack follows Hezbollah's earlier Day 29 drone incursion that reached Haifa Bay/Upper Galilee (2 drones shot down) and continues the pattern of sustained multi-vector northern pressure.