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Medics and police at the scene of a deadly Hezbollah rocket impact in Shfar’am, northern Israel, November 18, 2024. (Photo courtesy Israel Police)
Lebanon, November 18, 2024
Israeli woman killed in Hezbollah attack on north; 5 hurt by missile fragments near Tel Aviv
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A woman was killed and dozens of others were wounded in several rocket barrages fired by Hezbollah on Monday, as the terror group launched more than 100 rockets at northern Israel and one missile at the country’s center throughout the day.
The woman, identified as Safaa Awad, 41, was killed and dozens of others wounded in the evening by a rocket that hit a three-story building in the northern town of Shfar’am after Hezbollah fired five projectiles at the Galilee.
Among the wounded victims were a woman aged 41 and a 4-year-old boy in serious condition, Rambam Hospital in Haifa said.
The medical center said a total of 56 victims were brought for treatment, mostly for acute anxiety. Among the victims were 18 children, the hospital adds.
The Israel Defense Forces said interceptor missiles were launched to counter the attack, and it was investigating the impact.
Medics said the woman was trapped inside the building and recovered by rescue services, but declared dead shortly afterward. The other people were lightly hurt by broken glass, according to first responders.
The Magen David Adom emergency service said the woman was inside a “protected space” at the time of the attack. It was unclear if MDA was referring to a bomb shelter or some other kind of protected area in the building.
Also on Monday night, five people were wounded, including one seriously, in the Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan area, following a Hezbollah missile attack on central Israel, medics said.
MDA said it took a 54-year-old woman in serious condition, another person in moderate condition, and three others in good condition to Beilinson Hospital.
The victims were all hit by shrapnel, according to the emergency service.
The IDF said one missile was fired from Lebanon in the attack, which was intercepted by air defenses.
Fragments from the interception impacted between the two Tel Aviv suburbs, causing a fire and extensive damage to surrounding buildings and vehicles. The IDF later confirmed both the injuries and damage were caused by fragments of an intercepted missile.
“A preliminary investigation of the air defense systems found that the interceptor hit a surface-to-surface missile launched from Lebanon at a high altitude, and broke it into several pieces,” the IDF said in a statement.
“As a result of the interception, part of the missile hit the ground and caused damage and casualties,” the military says, adding that the incident is under further investigation.
Earlier Monday, two people were wounded in separate rocket barrages targeting northern Israel, as the IDF continued to strike sites belonging to the terror group in Lebanon and Beirut shut down its schools.
A 34-year-old man was lightly wounded by the blast of a rocket impact in the Western Galilee during one Hezbollah volley, medics reported. MDA said the man was taken to Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya.
In a separate barrage, MDA said a 65-year-old woman was hit in the neck by shrapnel as rockets struck the area of Fassuta, a Christian Arab village. She was also taken to the hospital in Nahariya.
Another person was treated for acute anxiety, MDA added.
According to the IDF, many of the 100-plus rockets were intercepted or fell in open areas. Some of the rockets impacted in towns, causing damage to a building in the border city of Kiryat Shmona and a chicken coop in Margaliot, a moshav.
In addition to the rocket attacks, the IDF said Monday that it had shot down three drones launched from Lebanon at northern Israel.
Overnight and throughout the morning rocket sirens sporadically went off in Kiryat Shmona, the coastal city of Nahariya, and other communities in the Galilee Panhandle near the border with Lebanon...
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