Rocket fire from Lebanon kills 2 people in northern Israel

By Zein Khalil

JERUSALEM (AA) – Two people were killed on Tuesday evening when a rocket launched from Lebanon struck a building in Nahariya in northern Israel, Israeli authorities said.

A military statement said 10 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards western Galilee in northern Israel.

The army said some of the projectiles were intercepted, while the rest landed in the area.

Israel’s national ambulance service Magen David Adom said two people died of their critical injuries after rocket fire in Nahariya.

Two other people sustained minor injuries from the shrapnel of an interceptor missile in the Kabri area of western Galilee, according to Israel Hayom newspaper.

The Lebanese group Hezbollah, for its part, confirmed that it had fired a salvo of rockets at a military base and five settlements in northern Israel.

Israel has escalated its air campaign in Lebanon since late September against what it claims are targets of Hezbollah in an escalation from year-long cross-border warfare between Israel and the Lebanese group since the start of Israel’s brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023.

More than 3,200 people have been killed and over 14,000 injured in Israeli attacks since October 2023, according to Lebanese health authorities.

Israel expanded the conflict by launching an incursion into southern Lebanon on Oct. 1 this year.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala