Friday, July 14, 2006

Eleven Israeli civilians injured by dozens of Hizballah rockets fired into northern Israel Friday, on the third day of war

Eleven Israeli civilians injured by dozens of Hizballah rockets fired into northern Israel Friday, on the third day of war

July 14, 2006, 3:08 PM (GMT+02:00)

Two were seriously hurt in barrage aimed at Safed town and nearby military installations. The IDF base at Biria took a direct rocket hit from Lebanon and suffered casualties. Another hit a house, setting it on fire. Two Israeli civilians were seriously injured in another targeted house near the IDF’s Northern Command HQ. Two Israeli civilians were killed in Nahariya and Safed Thursday and nearly a hundred injured by more than a hundred Hizballah rockets. Also Friday, July 14, Israeli soldiers fought off a second Hizballah incursion for abductions. The Shiite terrorists crossed the border at the Zarit post, near the spot where they kidnapped Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev on July 12. The Shiite terrorists crossed the border Friday at the Zarit post, near the spot where they kidnapped Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev on July 12. Israel is under fire on two fronts Friday: Hizballah rockets again hit Safed, Kiryat Shemona, Nahariya, Rosh Pinah, Biriya, Ramat Arazim, Hatzor Haglilit and Baram. No injuries. In the south, Palestinians shot 7 Qassam missiles from Gaza into Sderot, sending 9 Sderot civilians into shock. Three missiles exploded at the IDF Nahal Oz base and Kibbutz Gevim outside the Gaza Strip. No one was injured. Thursday, the first Hizballah rocket landed in Haifa, one of Israel’s three main cities and petrochemical industrial center. Hizballah denied sending the rocket which hit a street in the Stella Maris suburb near an Israeli military base after dark Thursday. No immediate word on injuries. Residents of Haifa and its environs ordered to shelter in protected areas, placing more than 700,000 Israeli civilians in shelters. More than 100 rockets landed on northern Israel in a single day, 90 Israelis were injured, one woman killed in her home in the coastal resort of Nahariya which was battered by Katyusha fire through the day. After dusk, several more people were injured when another volley hit residential streets. Residents are fleeing south with children. Safed took another round of rockets after dark and more casualties. One fatality reported, the second of the day. After nightfall, Hatzor Haglilit, Amiad and Korazim came under attack. Earlier, Hizballah threatened to attack Haifa if the Israeli air force strikes Beirut.
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