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Hezbollah launched more than 200 rockets at Israel – 2024-08-29 10:50:49

An Israeli jet launches flares near the border between Lebanon and Israel on August 25, 2024. EFE/EPA/ATEF SAFADI

The Israeli army detected around 210 rockets and about 20 explosive drones launched by Hezbollah to the north of Israelwhere some projectiles hit causing minor damage, although most were intercepted.

The Shiite group Hezbollah said it had launched more than 320 rockets and drones towards Israel in revenge for the killing of its top military commander, Fuad Shukron July 30 in Beirut, a retaliation that “has been completed and achieved for today.”

Israel launched a massive air strike early in the morning with more than 100 fighter planes attacking 40 Hezbollah positions and thousands of launchers, which were aimed at the north and center of the Hebrew country, to repel this response from the Shiites, who detected when it was going to be carried out.

Israeli authorities believe the Lebanese group targeted intelligence bases and the headquarters of the Mossad, the foreign security service, in central Israel.

Although there have been no serious incidents in Israel, the Army’s home front command raised the alert for the population in the regions of Galileein the valley of Beit SheanHaifa Bay, Mount Carmel, in general the entire northern half of Israel from the height of Tel Avivand also in the occupied Golan Heights, where “partial restrictions” have been imposed.

Israeli civilians undergo training after receiving weapons at a distribution point for civilians, in the Ayyelet HaShahar Kibbutz in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, on October 12, 2023. Tensions remain high in the area following an escalation of fighting between the two countries and the conflict with Hamas. (Lebanon, Kibbutz) EFE/EPA/AYAL MARGOLIN

The general public has been asked to avoid gatherings, leisure activities and travel, and to stay close to shelters and bunkers. To this end, the city of Haifa, Israel’s third largest and the largest population centre in the north of the country, has opened municipal shelters, in addition to opening up underground car parks, metro stations and other civil infrastructure as such in recent months.

Israel’s main city, Tel Aviv, has also opened 240 shelters across the city and said underground parking lots can be used if necessary.

According to a statement from the Tel Aviv Municipality, leisure activities in the city have been cancelled and beaches and cultural institutions are closed, following the guidelines of the home front command. EFE (I)

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