2 killed, others injured in rocket firing from Lebanon toward northern Israel

JERUSALEM

At least two Israelis were killed and others injured in a rocket attack from Lebanon targeting northern Israel on Friday.

According to Israeli media, some of the rockets hit the Majd al-Krum area, while others landed in open areas in northern Israel.

The Times of Israel news website quoted medical sources confirming that two people who were critically injured in the rocket attack on Majd al-Krum have died of their injuries.

Earlier, the Israeli ambulance service Magen David Adom said its medical teams treated nine people in Majd al-Krum from the rocket firing, including those who later died.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army said it detected some 30 rockets launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel, claiming to have intercepted some while others impacted in open areas.

The Lebanese Hezbollah group, for its part, confirmed the launch of a rocket salvo toward areas in Safed and Karmiel adjacent to Majd al-Krum.

Israel has mounted a huge air campaign in Lebanon since last month against what it claims are Hezbollah targets in an escalation from year-long cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of Israel’s brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Israel expanded the conflict this year by launching an incursion into southern Lebanon on Oct. 1.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara