Israel is on alert ahead of the anniversary of the Hamas attack

Israel put its armed forces on alert Saturday ahead of the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, after a military official said the country was preparing its retaliation for Iran’s rocket attack.

The warning came as Israel was embroiled in an intensifying war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, which army chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said would be hit “without concession or respite.”

Ahead of Monday’s somber anniversary, military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said at a televised news conference: “We are prepared with increased forces for this day” when there could be “attacks on the home front.”