An emergency employee takes {a photograph} on an Israeli flag deployed on the wall of a broken constructing in Kiryat Bialik within the Haifa district of Israel, following a reported strike by Lebanon’s Hezbollah on September 22, 2024. Agence France-Presse
JERUSALEM — The Israeli army stated greater than 100 projectiles have been fired early Sunday from Lebanon, forcing lots of of 1000’s to take cowl and prompting faculty closures in Israel’s north.
The army stated that “roughly 20 projectiles have been recognized crossing from Lebanon” shortly earlier than 5:00 am (0200 GMT), adopted by a barrage of “roughly 85 projectiles” launched from Lebanon after 6:00 am (0300 GMT).
“Lots of of 1000’s of individuals needed to take refuge in bomb shelters at the moment throughout northern Israel,” army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani informed AFP.
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The army in an earlier assertion stated the rocket hearth sparked fires, whereas Israel’s medical emergency service stated at the least 4 individuals suffered “shrapnel accidents”, three of whom within the space of the northern Israeli metropolis of Haifa.
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Israel’s civil protection company has ordered all colleges within the nation’s north closed following the rocket hearth, the most recent escalation in practically a yr of cross-border exchanges all through the Gaza battle.
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Academic actions wouldn’t be permitted throughout northern Israel till at the least Monday at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT), the army’s House Entrance Command stated, affecting “lots of of 1000’s of youngsters” in response to Shoshani.
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“In Haifa, a number of faculty are closed… and places of work are empty”, stated resident Patrice Wolff, who works within the medical business.
He informed AFP there was “increasingly more strain” coming from Hezbollah in addition to from Israeli forces on the Lebanese group.
The army stated it launched strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in response to the rocket hearth.
Shoshani stated the army had hit a variety of targets over the previous day, principally “rockets launchers and rocket launcher barrels”.
The Israeli strikes have been meant “to forestall a larger-scale assault”, the army spokesman informed a web-based press briefing.
A gentle escalation in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah has stoked fears of all-out battle.
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Israeli officers this week have signalled their intention to show the main target of army operations from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
