Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched over 100 rockets into northern Israel early Sunday in response to ramped-up Israeli attacks that killed dozens of people in Beirut, including a veteran leader of the militant group.

Lebanon’s health ministry says at least nine people were killed and 300 wounded by exploding electronic devices in multiple regions of the country

Israel claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike on Beirut as the death toll rose Saturday to at least 37 people, with dozens more wounded, shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets.

Hezbollah has pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets, a day after the militant group’s leader vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the Israeli military and the militant group said.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched over 100 rockets early Sunday across a wider and deeper area of northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as the sides appeared to be spiraling toward all-out war following months of escalating tensions.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt on Wednesday for fresh talks on an Israel-Hamas cease-fire, and as tension with Hezbollah persists at the Israel-Lebanon border.

Lebanon's Hezbollah launched over 100 rockets into northern Israel, targeting civilian areas and escalating tensions. This follows an Israeli airstrike in Beirut that killed at least 37 people, including a top Hezbollah leader.

Israel says it struck Hezbollah rocket launchers in Lebanon, while the militant group fired dozens of rockets towards northern Israel overnight.