Hezbollah Continues Rocket Barrage
Hezbollah launched some 65 rockets at civilian targets in Israel. Ha'aretz is reporting ten civilian casualties.
Ten people were injured Saturday morning as 65 Katyusha rockets landed across the north of Israel.
In Israel's northernmost city of Kiryat Shmona, six people were lightly injured as approximately 26 rockets landed in and around the city.
Fourteen Katyushas landed in Nahariya.
Carmiel was hit by 13 rockets, and one person was moderately injured and another lightly injured in direct strikes on their homes. Rockets also landed in Safed, Rosh Pina, Ma'alot, the Golan Heights, and the northern Galilee panhandle.
Alerts were sounded in Haifa, Acre, Tiberias, and several northern towns and villages to warn residents of possible rocket strikes.
Four people suffered moderate wounds and 12 were lightly hurt by rocket attacks in Haifa on Friday. After a reprieve of nearly a day, Hezbollah renewed its attacks, firing ten rockets into the northern city and its suburbs in two waves.
The wounded were taken to Rambam Medical Center, Carmel Medical Center and Bnei Zion Medical Center (Rothschild) for treatment.
Most of the wounded were hurt when a rocket slammed into a central post office branch. Another rocket hit a residential building. No one was in the apartment that was hit in the strike, and no injuries were reported. A third rocket hit a parked car in the city. Shortly after the rocket strike, municipality workers began clearing the rubble.
Hezbollah also fired rockets Friday at the Galilee, where two people were hurt. One person was lightly wounded in Yesod Hama'aleh from rocket shrapnel, and a Rosh Pina resident was very lightly hurt in a strike. Two houses were damaged in the Western Galilee, near Ma'alot. Rockets hit two empty homes in Nahariya, causing no injuries. Rockets also landed in open areas near Safed and Kiryat Shmona, Tiberias, and in the vicinity of Carmiel.
The lower number of rockets fired in total may indicate that Israel is starting to take a toll on Hezbollah's capacity to carry out attacks. One hopes.
