Hezbollah fires over 110 rockets into Israel

This photo taken on Sept. 22, 2024 shows a car damaged in a rocket attack from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel. Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early Sunday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations amid the ongoing conflict. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
JERUSALEM, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early Sunday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations amid the ongoing conflict.
Israeli media reported that Hezbollah targeted a military airport located in the northern Jezreel Valley, triggering sirens across the region and in various areas of the occupied Golan Heights and Upper Galilee.
Buildings were damaged and cars caught fire near Haifa. The Israeli Magen David Adom emergency service said four people were injured by shrapnel, including a 76-year-old man who sustained moderate wounds, while the other three were lightly injured.
The Israeli military said in a statement that Hezbollah’s rockets were fired toward “civilian areas” and that its defensive systems “are deployed in the area and on high alert to thwart threats.”
The Israeli military carried out additional airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday morning and vowed that its strikes “will continue and intensify against Hezbollah.”
Following the rocket attack, Israel’s Home Front Command announced that schools would be closed and gatherings and movements would be restricted in all areas north of Haifa.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying that they were targeting a military industry complex of Rafael, a weapons company.
The attacks, Hezbollah said, were the “initial response to the brutal massacre” on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Israel allegedly caused thousands of pagers and wireless devices to explode, killing at least 37 people, including civilians, and injuring thousands. An Israeli airstrike on the weekend in Beirut targeted a senior Hezbollah commander, killing at least 45 people.
Also before dawn, multiple drones approached Israel from the direction of Iraq. The Israeli military said they were intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory. ■

Israeli firefighters work to extinguish fire at a scene of a rocket attack from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, on Sept. 22, 2024. Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early Sunday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations amid the ongoing conflict. (JINI via Xinhua)

This photo taken on Sept. 22, 2024 shows a house damaged in a rocket attack from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel. Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early Sunday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations amid the ongoing conflict. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

Israeli firefighters extinguish fire at a scene of a rocket attack from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, Sept. 22, 2024. Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early Sunday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations amid the ongoing conflict. (JINI via Xinhua)

An Israeli firefighter extinguishes fire at a scene of a rocket attack from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, Sept. 22, 2024. Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early Sunday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations amid the ongoing conflict. (JINI via Xinhua)

This photo taken on Sept. 22, 2024 shows a scene of a rocket attack from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel. Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early Sunday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations amid the ongoing conflict. (JINI via Xinhua)

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