Lebanese terror group Hezbollah blasted some 200 rockets and 20 drones at northern Israel for hours on Wednesday evening, repeatedly sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis to shelters. Two people were lightly injured in northern Israel. A house was destroyed by a direct missile hit in Moshav Haniel, in central Israel. An elderly woman and her Filipino caregiver were in the safe room of the home, and emerged unscathed.
The onslaught marked the largest Hezbollah attack on Israel since hostilities intensified last week, as the terror group began attacks to support its sponsor, Iran, which is under intense attack from a joint US-Israel air campaign that began on February 28. Israeli strikes, meanwhile, continued in Beirut and beyond, with Lebanese sources reporting casualties in multiple areas.
An opening salvo of 100 rockets was launched from Lebanon around 8 p.m. just as a missile from Iran targeted the central region of the country, in what Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said was a coordinated attack. More Iranian missiles targeted the north and south of the country. The Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted by air defenses, which also worked to thwart the Hezbollah attacks. However, several impacts were reported, causing fires, and two people were lightly injured.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said the two, a 35-year-old woman and a man in his 50s, were hit by “flying objects” following impacts. They were taken to a hospital. According to rescue services, a rocket that struck a home in the northern town of Bi’ina injured one of the two victims. Four others were treated for acute anxiety at the scene. As the Israel Defense Forces instructed residents of the north to stay close to shelters, Hezbollah continued firing rockets and drones, with sirens set off across the Galilee and in Haifa as well as in communities up to 50 kilometers from the border with Lebanon. (Read More)
