By The Media Line Staff

Hezbollah launched multiple rocket attacks at northern Israel on Saturday, prompting tighter Home Front Command restrictions, the relocation of key hospital services underground and renewed criticism of the government from opposition leaders.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said rockets fired from Lebanon toward the Kiryat Shmona area were intercepted. The military later reported that a separate barrage aimed at Karmiel was also intercepted, with no injuries reported.

Additional rockets were intercepted en route to Safed and other northern communities. Video from Nahariya showed rockets landing in the Mediterranean Sea near the city as beachgoers rushd to seek shelter.

Amid the attacks, the IDF Home Front Command imposed stricter measures across northern Israel. Schools in communities near the Lebanon border were closed, while educational activities elsewhere in the north were restricted to locations where shelters can be reached in time. Workplaces may continue operating under the same shelter requirements. Public gatherings are limited to 50 people outdoors and 200 indoors, and beaches have been closed.

The Health Ministry announced that the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya would move operations to a protected underground facility following the updated security directives and continued Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks.

The military also reported that it struck a Hezbollah artillery command center in the Burj al-Shamali area of southern Lebanon on Friday. According to the IDF, the site was manned at the time of the strike. The military said secondary explosions were observed afterward, indicating weapons were stored inside the structure.

Amid Hezbollah’s escalation, criticism from opposition leaders Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid and Gadi Eisenkot was directed at the government.

“The government is returning us to the contemptible policy of containment and normalizing an intolerable and unacceptable situation,” Bennett wrote. “Over the weekend, sirens were heard every 20 minutes across the north and people were forced to seek shelter. This is not victory.”

The attacks came as Israeli and Lebanese military delegations opened Pentagon-mediated talks in Washington on Friday as part of a new US-backed security coordination mechanism aimed at preventing renewed escalation and reinforcing the ceasefire reached in mid-April.

A State Department official told Fox News Digital: “As we have continuously stated, the only path to lasting peace is through direct negotiations between the two sovereign governments.”