Some of the rockets were intercepted, while crashes were reported in various locations across central and northern Israel.
MAYA GUR ARIEH
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 09:07Updated: NOVEMBER 19, 2024 10:31
After rocket sirens sounded across central Israel on Tuesday morning, including localities such as Herzliya and Netanya, five rockets were detected crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory, the IDF reported.
Sirens were also triggered in the Upper Galilee, as ten rockets were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israel, the IDF said. Some of the rockets were intercepted, and the rest fell in open areas. Sirens also sounded at 9:50 a.m. after 25 rockets were fired from Lebanon into the Upper and Western Galilee, the military said on Tuesday morning.
Magen David Adom stated that response teams are en route to search areas where crashes were reported. Response teams from the United Hatzalah rescue service also searched areas where crashes were reported.
Two crashes in open areas were detected near Kfar Yona and Ra’anana, the Israel Police stated, and said that police were searching the area.
Four people were lightly wounded by glass while sheltering in a concrete building with glass windows that were shattered in the Sharon area, Israel’s emergency medical service Magen David Adom stated.
An interceptor intercepts a rocket from Lebanon. October 12, 2024. Photo by (credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90)
An additional crash was detected in Batzra, a moshav in central Israel.
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Magen David Adom teams treated a woman who was lightly wounded by rocket shrapnel in Karmiel, Ynet reported.
This attack follows a Hezbollah missile barrage on Monday that wounded five people in the Ramat Gan area in central Israel and caused damage to several buildings and an empty bus nearby.
Yael Halfon contributed to this report.
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