The Israeli army identified the early hours of this Sunday About 50 rockets fired in several volleys from Lebanon, an attack claimed by the Shiite group Hezbollah in response to an Israeli bombing the day before caused the death of three rescuersreported official sources.
Air raid sirens They were activated four times early in the morning: At around 02:57 local time and 04:35, in the Kiryat Shmona region, “approximately 20 projectiles were identified coming from Lebanon,” and at 07:35, in the Upper Galilee, “approximately 30 projectiles were identified,” the Israeli army reported in a statement.
The air defense system “successfully intercepted several projectiles“and the rest fell in depopulated areas as well as in the evacuated city of Kiryat Shmona,” he added, specifying that “no injuries were reported.”
Authorities in the town on the border with Lebanon reported to the local press that A rocket hit a building directly and another on a sidewalk, causing extensive damage, while the Israeli Home Front Command will conduct an assessment to decide whether to cancel classes in the entire northern area.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack.in response to enemy attacks (…) in particular the one directed against the medical teams of the city of Froun, which caused deaths and injuries among members of the Civil Defense.”
Previous attack
At least three members of the Lebanese Civil Defense who They were trying to put out a fire A man killed in an Israeli attack in Froun, southern Lebanon, died on Saturday and two others were injured in a new Israeli attack in the same area, official sources reported.
The Israeli army confirmed the attacks on Sunday, saying that “They eliminated the terrorists of the terrorist organization Amal who operated within a Hezbollah military structure in the Froun region.”
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the Israeli attack and called an emergency meeting for Monday with Western ambassadors and representatives of international organizations.
They reached the military structures
On the other hand, Israeli troops also attacked”Hezbollah Military Structures in the regions of Aitarun, Marun El Ras and Yarun, in southern Lebanon.
The border between Israel and Lebanon is alive its highest voltage peak since 2006 with an intense exchange of fire since October, when Hezbollah expressed solidarity with the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, in its war against Israel.
So far, this escalation has cost the lives of at least 650 peoplemajority on the Lebanese side and in the ranks of Hezbollah, which confirmed some 395 victims, including some in Syria.
In total, more than 600 people have died in Lebanon, including at least 127 civilians, including 19 minors, three journalists and several rescue workers; in addition to some 77 members of other militias and two Lebanese soldiers.
In Israel, 50 people died in the north: 24 soldiers and 26 civiliansincluding 12 minors and adolescents during an attack on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
