Hezbollah launched a barrage of 140 rockets into northern Israel on Friday, a day after its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, vowed revenge for a massive Israeli bombing, according to statements from both the Israeli military and Hezbollah.

Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets. The strikes came a day after the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack.

JERUSALEM, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Israeli public broadcaster Kan said on Friday around 150 rockets were fired from Lebanon across the border. Lebanon's Hezbollah announced on Friday they launched seven separate attacks on Israeli targets with Katyusha rockets.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets into Israeli territory, Israel's military says. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson told the AFP news agency that "some 140 rockets were fired from Lebanon within an hour starting at 1:02pm, local time."

Israel's military said the rockets came in three waves Friday afternoon targeting sites along the ravaged border with Lebanon.

Approximately 130 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel on Friday morning, causing power outages in several areas.

Hezbollah launched 140 rockets at northern Israel on Friday, following its leader Hassan Nasrallah's promise to retaliate against recent Israeli mass bombings. The attacks targeted several sites, including air defense bases and an Israeli armored brigade headquarters.

Israel said it destroyed 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers in one of the most intense bombing raids into Lebanon since the war began.

The Israeli army said it struck hundreds of targets in Lebanon on Thursday as fears of full-scale war soared. Early voting in the U.S. presidential election begins in the U.S. state of Minnesota on Friday.