UPDATE - 3 Israelis injured by rockets fired from Lebanon in northern Israel

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By Abdelraouf Arnaout

JERUSALEM (AA) - Three Israelis were injured on Friday after rockets launched from Lebanon landed near the city of Haifa in northern Israel.

According to Israeli Channel 12, the injuries were caused by shrapnel from rockets that struck close to the Kiryat Bialik settlement near Haifa, with all three sustaining minor injuries.

The channel reported that the army detected the launch of five rockets from Lebanon targeting Israeli northern settlements near the border.

Air raid sirens sounded in several northern settlements, including Meron, Dovev, and Sa’sa’ in Western Galilee following the rocket fire, Channel 12 reported. While some rockets landed in open areas, others were intercepted by Israel’s defense systems.

Earlier, the Israeli army reported that it detected the launch of approximately five rockets from Lebanon toward the Haifa Bay and Upper Galilee regions.

Following the activation of warning sirens in these areas, the Israeli army announced that some of the rockets had been intercepted, while others fell in open areas.

Separately, Hezbollah issued multiple statements on Friday claiming responsibility for strikes on the Misgav Am settlement and the Tirat Carmel base south of Haifa.

Israel launched an air campaign in Lebanon against what it claims are targets of the Hezbollah group in late September, in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare.

Nearly 3,400 people have been killed, over 14,400 injured and more than 1 million people displaced by Israeli attacks since last October, according to Lebanese health authorities.

Israel launched an incursion into southern Lebanon on Oct. 1 this year.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi