Further escalations in the North
One injured, property damaged from rocket barrage in northern Israel
Rocket shrapnel has injured a young man near the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, according to Israel’s national rescue service, cited by The Times of Israel. Rockets also damaged several buildings in the area, according to Israeli media.
The reports come as Hezbollah claims to have fired dozens of rockets towards Kiryat Shmona in response to Israel’s strike on an emergency centre in southern Lebanon that killed seven people.
Man killed in northern Israel from rocket attack
A man has been declared dead after being pulled from the rubble of an industrial building hit by a rocket in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, reports The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s national ambulance service.
Anger, worry in Lebanese border town after Israeli strike
I’m standing in front of the emergency health centre in al-Habbariyeh village that was struck earlier today by Israel. We are not very far from the border and there is an Israeli drone overhead. People here tell us that the men who were inside the building were paramedics, volunteers and university students, all in their early 20s.
There is a lot of anger in this village. This is the first time it has been hit during the war. There is total destruction. People here say this was not a military target, as the Israeli military claims, but a civilian target.
These people will tell you that Israel’s strategy from day one has been to depopulate villages close to the border. They are trying to create some sort of a buffer zone, to make it difficult for civilians to live here. Nearly 100,000 people have already left. In this particular village, people are still here, but there is growing concern that it will start coming under fire.
