The Israeli military said this Sunday (6) that five projectiles were fired towards the city of Haifa, in northern Israel.
The Israeli Defense Forces managed to intercept part of the rockets and others reached the city.
Haifa’s fire and rescue department said there were several locations where projectiles or shrapnel had fallen, and there was debris from rockets that had been intercepted.
One of the attacks occurred next to a residential building on Shunit Street in the city, according to firefighters.
First responders are working to see if anyone was injured.
This appears to be the first time that rockets have actually hit Haifa during the latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Israeli officials said on Sunday that Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets across the border, as Israel continued its extensive bombing campaign in southern Beirut and neighboring areas in Lebanon.
The Israel Defense Forces said sirens also sounded in the Upper Galilee region, where about 15 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon. Some of the projectiles were intercepted, and others were seen falling in the area.
Understand the escalation in conflicts in the Middle East
Iran’s missile attack on Israel on the 1st marked a new stage in the regional conflict in the Middle East.
On one side of the war is Israel, with support from the United States. On the other, the Axis of Resistance, which receives financial and military support from Iran and which has a series of paramilitary groups. There are seven conflict fronts currently open: the Islamic Republic of Iran; Hamas, in the Gaza Strip; Hezbollah, in Lebanon; the Syrian government and the militias operating in the country; the Houthis, in Yemen; Shia groups in Iraq; and different militant organizations in the West Bank.
Israel has soldiers on three of these fronts: Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the other four, it carries out aerial bombings. The Israeli Army began a “limited ground operation” in Lebanon on September 30, days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bombing of the group’s headquarters in the Beirut suburb.
The Israel Defense Forces say they have killed virtually the entire Hezbollah chain of command in similar bombings carried out in recent weeks.
On September 23, Lebanon had its deadliest day since the 2006 war, with more than 500 fatalities. At least two Brazilian teenagers died in the attacks. Itamaraty condemned the situation and called for an end to hostilities. With the increase in hostilities, the Brazilian government announced an operation to repatriate Brazilians in Lebanon.
In the West Bank, the Israeli military is trying to dismantle groups opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. In the Gaza Strip, Israel seeks to eradicate Hamas, responsible for the October 7 attack that left more than 1,200 people dead, according to information from the Israeli government.
The Israeli operation killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remains hidden in tunnels in the Gaza Strip, where dozens of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are also believed to be in captivity.
This content was originally published in Rockets hit the city of Haifa in northern Israel on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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