Iran Press/West Asia: In a statement, Hezbollah also announced that the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Krayot area, north of the occupied city of Haifa, with a barrage of rockets.
The emergency sirens sounded after rockets had been launched from Lebanon throughout the day.
Israel’s first responders said two people, including a 65-year-old woman with a shrapnel wound to the neck, sustained light injuries in northern Israel and were taken to hospital.
The military said that as of 3 pm (13:00 GMT), about “60 projectiles that were fired by the Hezbollah terrorist organization have crossed from Lebanon into Israel today”.
Later it said, “following the sirens that sounded between 15:09 and 15:11 in the Western Galilee area, approximately 40 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory”.
.Video shows a major fire burning in downtown Tel Aviv after emergency warning systems sounded in Israel’s main city.
.An apparent rocket strike from Lebanon hit a shopping center in the Ramat Gan area of Tel Aviv in central Israel.
The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported a rocket hit a bus in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv. Air traffic at Ben Gurion International Airport was also suspended, it said.
Red alert sirens were also activated in Haifa, a city in the country’s north.
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