Playground hit, fires break out following rocket barrage in Israel's North

A playground in the northern city of Safed was hit by a rocket following a major barrage that targetted Israel's North on Friday and ignited fires throughout the area, according to Israeli media.

A fire broke out at the playground following the rocket hit. There were no reports of anyone wounded in the incident.

Additional fires erupted in the area of Safed following the barrage that set off sirens throughout northern Israel.

One man in the Golan was lightly wounded from the shrapnel of a rocket, according to a YNet report.

Around 150 rockets had been fired across the border with Lebanon in the course of an hour, according to KAN News.

Hezbollah takes responsibility for barrage

Following the barrage, Lebanon's Hezbollah announced seven separate attacks on Israeli targets with Katyusha rockets.

The barrage comes one day after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah broadcasted a Thursday speech in which he vowed to punish Israel for the Hezbollah device explosion attacks that took place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In the televised speech, Nasrallah stated that Israel would face "a crushing response from the axis of resistance. "Tuesday and Wednesday were bloody days, but we will be able to overcome this ordeal, and this blow won't bring us down," he added.

Reuters contributed to this report.