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Traces of rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon. Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP/dpa/Archive image
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According to Israeli army reports, the Lebanese Hezbollah militia fired dozens of rockets at northern Israel in the evening. The military reported hits. The Magen David Adom rescue service reported that one woman and one man were slightly injured. The Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 and the Times of Israel reported that Hezbollah had fired around 100 rockets.
The "Times of Israel" spoke of the "biggest Hezbollah attack on Israel" since the beginning of the month, when the militia began firing rockets at Israel again after a long pause in fighting in response to the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The US broadcaster CNN had previously reported, citing two Israeli sources familiar with the matter, that Israel was preparing for an expansion of attacks from Iran and Hezbollah during the night. The Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 also reported that the rocket fire from Iran and Hezbollah would be more intense during the night.
Israel's army also reported in the evening that it had begun a new "large-scale wave of attacks" on Hezbollah targets in the suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The military had previously called on residents there to flee.