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Woman Wounded as Hezbollah Fires Over 100 Rockets at Haifa
Smoke rises from Kfar Kila, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon, Aug. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
JNS.org — Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets from Lebanon at the Haifa area in northern Israel on Tuesday afternoon, with at least one injury reported.
According to the Magen David Adom emergency service, a 71-year-old woman was in mild condition from a shrapnel injury to her hand. She was evacuated to Rambam Hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
Six other individuals were injured while running to shelters and five people suffered from anxiety, according to MDA. In addition to Rambam, the injured were taken to Carmel Medical Center.
Sirens sounded across the Galilee and Haifa Bay shortly after the Israel Defense Forces said that it attacked the Iranian terror proxy in Beirut, with some 85 launches in the first salvo, followed around 30 minutes later by another 20 projectiles.
Iron Dome intercepted many of the rockets, while multiple impacts were detected, according to the IDF.
There were reports that some rockets and shrapnel fell in Haifa, causing damage to the Mediterranean port city. A direct hit on a building in Kiryat Yam was reported and damage to buildings on Jerusalem Boulevard in the city. Residents reported broken shutters and a burst water pipe.
In the late morning, 25 rockets were fired in the Lower Galilee area, with the IDF saying that some of the projectiles were shot down and others fell in the area.
Following the latest attacks, the IDF clarified that there were no changes to the Home Front Command defensive guidelines.
The latest barrage came after the IDF said that it conducted strikes on Hezbollah terror targets in the area of Dahiya south of Beirut, a stronghold of the terror group.
It also came shortly after Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Naim Qassem, delivered a speech.
The Lebanese terror group launched 190 projectiles into Israeli territory on Monday, mostly targeting the north of the country, with five rockets fired at the Tel Aviv area on Monday night.
Hezbollah has attacked Israel nearly every day since Oct. 8, firing thousands of rockets, missiles and drones at Israel, killing more than 40 people and causing widespread damage. Tens of thousands of Israeli civilians remain internally displaced due to the ongoing violence.
Hezbollah has launched more than 12,400 projectiles at Israeli territory over the past year, according to the most recent IDF figures.
Jerusalem has escalated attacks on Hezbollah since adding the return of evacuated Israeli civilians to the north as an official war goal on Sept. 17.
Golani takes control of Hezbollah compound
The Golani Brigade has taken operational control of a Hezbollah compound in Maroun El Ras in Southern Lebanon that posed a direct threat to residents of northern Israel, the IDF said on Tuesday.
The terror compound overlooks border communities and included a residential building and an olive grove where a loaded, ready-to-fire launcher was located.
Additionally, IDF soldiers found underground infrastructure, terrorist hideouts, living quarters and staging areas after locating the compound during targeted operations in the Maroun El Ras area. Also inside the residential building was a stockpile of weapons, including guns, camouflage nets, military vests and anti-tank missiles, as well as launchers hidden in the kitchen.
Furthermore, a large number of weapons prepared for multiple ambushes against residents of northern Israel and IDF soldiers were located and destroyed in the compound.
According to Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster, IDF soldiers raised Israel’s national flag at Maroun El Ras following the operation there.
IDF’s 146th Division enters Lebanon
The IDF expanded its ground operations in southern Lebanon on Monday with the introduction of the 146th Division, the first reserve division to enter Lebanese territory.
Soldiers from the division began limited, localized, targeted raids against Hezbollah terrorists and infrastructure in southwestern Lebanon after a year of defensive activities on Israel’s northwestern border.
Since the start of the war, the 146th Division has served as a defensive regional brigade, with forces deployed in northern Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank.
The soldiers are operating alongside the 213th Artillery Brigade and additional forces, “in order to expose and dismantle terrorist infrastructure in the area.”
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Report: IDF Probes Whether Houthis Used Iranian Cluster Bomb-Bearing Missile
Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi addresses followers via a video link at the al-Shaab Mosque, formerly al-Saleh Mosque, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
i24 News – The Israeli military said Saturday it launched a probe into the failure of its defenses to fully intercept a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi jihadists, parts of which struck not far from the Ben Gurion airport on Friday night.
According to the Ynet website, one of the hypotheses being examined is that the projectile contained cluster munitions, similar to those used by Iran to fire at Israeli cities during the 12-day war in June. Cluster munitions pose a challenge to interceptors as they disperse smaller explosives over a wide area.
In June, Iran fired several missiles carrying scattered small bombs with the aim of increasing civilian casualties.
The IDF said on Saturday that its initial review suggests the ballistic missile from Yemen likely fragmented in mid-air. Five interceptors from various systems engaged with the missile, including THAAD, Arrow, David Sling & Iron Dome.
Authorities said that shrapnel impacted a house in the central Israeli moshav of Ginaton, yet no one was hurt, with the fragment landing in the house’s backyard.
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Iran Forces Kill Six Militants, IRNA Reports, Israel Link Seen
The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 3, 2023. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Iranian security forces shot dead six militants in a clash in southeastern Iran on Saturday, a day after armed rebels killed five police officers in the restive region, the official news agency IRNA reported.
IRNA said evidence showed the group was linked to Israel and may have been trained by Israel‘s Mossad spy agency. There was no immediate Israeli reaction to the allegation.
Another two members of the militant group were arrested, the report said. All but one of the militants were foreign, it added, without giving their nationality.
Iranian police said this month they had arrested as many as 21,000 suspects during the 12-day war with Israel in June.
Iran’s southeast has been the scene of sporadic clashes between security forces and armed groups, including Sunni militants and separatists who say they are fighting for greater rights and autonomy.
Tehran says some of them have ties to foreign powers and are involved in cross-border smuggling and insurgency.
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Benny Gantz Urges Time-Limited National Unity Government to Further Chances of Hostage Deal
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz attends his party’s meeting at the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Saturday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition politicians to form a temporary national unity government to further the chances of bringing home the hostages held in Gaza.
Addressing Netanyahu, Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman, Gantz said that the proposed government’s two supreme priorities would be the release of Israeli hostages held by the jihadists of Hamas and instituting universal conscription in Israel by ending the exemption from military service enjoyed by the ultra-Orthodox.
Upon attainment of the goals, the government would dissolve and call an election.
“The government’s term will begin with a hostage deal that brings everyone home,” Gantz said in a video address. “Within weeks, we will formulate an enlistment outline that would see our ultra-Orthodox brethren drafted to the military and ease the burden on those already serving. Finally, we will announce an agreed-upon election date in the spring of 2026 and pass a law to dissolve the Knesset [Israeli parliament] accordingly. This is what’s right for Israel.”