Israel Deploys Patriot Missile Batteries In Haifa

The IDF has deployed Patriot missile batteries in Haifa. Although the Patriot missiles will not work against Katyusha rockets, they can be used against the types of surface to surface missiles that Syria possesses. I think this indicates there is something coming soon.

Hezbollah launched two barrages of Katyusha rockets Saturday at the city of Tiberias, located 35 kilometers from the Lebanese border. In the first attack, one of three rockets directly struck a residential building, sustaining damage. The owners of the residence were abroad.

Two rockets landed adjacent to a stadium in Tiberias and near the town's Club Hotel. Six people were lightly injured from rocket shrapnel.

Authorities have asked that bathers on the coast of the Sea of Galilee evacuate the area for fear of further Katyusha attacks.

Early Saturday evening, four more Katyusha rockets struck Tiberias. Magen David Adom rescue services received a report that one of the rockets directly struck a house in the city.

In the second barrage, two people suffered light wounds while two others were treated for shock. A Nahariya residents also sustained light wounds when a rocket barrage struck the northern city on Saturday evening.

For the first time since the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the Israel Defense Forces has deployed Patriot missile batteries in Haifa.

The missile defense system cannot destroy Katyusha rockets - hundreds of which have been fired at Israel from Lebanon in recent days - but could protect against surface-to-surface missiles, such as those possessed by Syria, the army said.

This may not be a good sign.