New Hezbollah rocket barrage hits northern Israel
JERUSALEM - Dozens of rockets fired by Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon hit towns across northern Israel on Friday, wounding at least six people, police said. A local ambulance station was hit by one rocket that landed in the town of Safed causing no injuries, the Magen David Adom ambulance service said.
Six other towns, including Kiryat Shemona, Nahariya, Rosh Pina and Karmiel, were also hit. Longer-range rockets fell in open areas close to the town of Afula and the Sea of Galilee resort of Tiberias, a police spokesman said.
Around 60 rockets were fired in all, he said.
Hezbollah has fired more than 1,500 rockets into Israel since the conflict erupted following a cross-border raid into Israel by the Shiite militia on July 12.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-07-29 |