11 Israelis Wounded As Hezbollah Fires 160 Rockets Toward Israel In The Span Of 24 Hours

11 Israelis Wounded As Hezbollah Fires 160 Rockets Toward Israel In The Span Of 24 Hours

Eleven Israelis were wounded by a Hezbollah rocket impact in the central town of Tira on Saturday, as the terror group shot some 160 rockets and ten drones at Israel over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the IDF eliminated four senior Hezbollah commanders through airstrikes.

Israeli media reported that of the 160 rockets launched overall, 130 crossed into Israeli territory, where most were either intercepted by IDF air defenses or fell in open areas. Seven of the ten drones were shot down.

Early Saturday morning, a volley of three rockets was launched at central Israel, triggering alerts in Herzliya, Kfar Saba, and the Arab-majority town of Tira.

While two were shot down, one directly hit a home in Tira, moderately wounding three people. Eight others were lightly wounded by shrapnel and shards, while seven more people were treated for acute shock and anxiety.

Later in the morning, Hezbollah launched three drones, one of whom impacted in the Jezreel Valley area, another hit a factory in Achziv, and the third was intercepted.

Amid incessant rocket fire throughout the day, notable rocket barrages included 10 launches at Haifa’s Krayot suburbs and the central Galilee in the morning, and a volley of 30 rockets at Karmiel and 35 rockets at Nahariya and its surroundings in the afternoon.

The IDF continued its targeted eliminations of Hezbollah commanders over the weekend, killing the head of the terror group’s coastal district and his artillery chief in a strike in Tyre late on Friday, and the Nasr Unit’s missile and drone commanders in Jouaiya on Saturday.

Coastal commander Muein Musa Izz al-Din was responsible for the rocket fire at the Krayot on Thursday and had taken the post only in April after his predecessor was also killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Together with the commander of the unit’s artillery array, Hassan Majd Diab, he was responsible for over 400 rocket launches against Israel in the past month alone, the IDF stated.

Izz al-Din’s rank was equivalent to a brigade commander and he is Hezbollah’s 15th officer of his rank to be eliminated by Israel in the war so far, according to Army Radio.

Among the attacks conducted under his command were the rocket strike that killed 12 children in Majdal Shams, the attack that killed an Israeli couple in Kibbutz Ortal, and the recent strike in Metula that killed five people.