Late on Sunday, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at the northern Israeli city of Haifa, injuring eight people and causing significant damage, according to Israeli authorities. Around five rockets were fired, with one striking a roundabout near a supermarket and several apartment blocks in eastern Haifa.
The Israeli military reported that it is investigating why its air defense systems failed to intercept the incoming rockets. Hezbollah claimed the attack was aimed at a military base south of Haifa in retaliation for the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike last month. Elsewhere, one person was injured in the town of Tiberias, located on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, after a separate rocket attack by Hezbollah.
This latest escalation comes after over a year of cross-border fighting, initially sparked by Hezbollah’s support for Palestinian forces following Hamas’s attack on southern Israel in October 2023. The situation has deteriorated steadily, with Hezbollah continuing its rocket attacks despite heavy losses. According to the IDF, Hezbollah fired more than 135 rockets into northern Israel on Sunday alone.
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