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Hezbollah fires rocket salvo at Israel’s Tiberias as truce bid seems to fail
Hezbollah said its forces fired a salvo of rockets at the Israeli city of Tiberias on Friday.
In a statement, Hezbollah said it was responding to Israel’s “savage” strikes on Lebanese towns and civilians.
The Israeli military said drones and rockets crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon. The drones infiltrated the coastal area of Rosh HaNikra and were intercepted by the military’s defenses, the military said, adding several rockets were also intercepted. One man suffered wounds from shrapnel.
Israeli strikes have killed 92 people in Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said late Thursday.
The ministry said in a series of statements that Israeli raids killed 40 people in towns and villages in the south, 48 in two eastern regions and four in the east of central Mount Lebanon Governorate. Overall it said 153 people were injured.
Nearly 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel has dramatically escalated strikes, saying it is targeting Hezbollah’s military capacities and senior Hezbollah commanders.
Top Israeli officials have threatened to repeat the destruction of Gaza in Lebanon if the Hezbollah fire continues, raising fears that Israel’s actions in Gaza since Oct. 7 would be repeated in Lebanon.
The International Organization for Migration estimated Thursday that more than 200,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon since Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel in support of Gaza. Lebanon says a total of 1,540 people have been killed within its borders in that time.
The United States, France and other allies jointly called for a 21-day cease-fire. Lebanon’s foreign minister said the country welcomed the cease-fire efforts, and decried Israel’s “systematic destruction of Lebanese border villages.”
Israeli military vehicles were seen transporting tanks and armored vehicles toward the country’s northern border with Lebanon, and commanders have issued a call-up of reservists. Netanyahu says Israel is striking Hezbollah “with full force” and won’t stop until its goals are achieved.