Skip next section Hezbollah rockets land further into Israel than before — reports
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Hezbollah rockets land further into Israel than before — reports
Over 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel early Sunday, most of which were intercepted by Israeli air defense systems, the Israeli military said.
Some of the rockets landed near the northern city of Haifa where at least three people were wounded and cars and buildings were damaged, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Several buildings were struck, including a house badly damaged near the Israeli city of Haifa, according to Reuters.
Rescue teams treated wounded but there were no reports of deaths. Residents had been instructed to stay near bomb shelters and safe rooms.
Hezbollah said it targeted the Israeli Ramat David Airbase with successive barrages of missiles, in the deepest strikes it has claimed since hostilities began.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later added that fighter jets continued to strike “dozens of Hezbollah terror targets, including launchers and military structures in dozens of areas in southern Lebanon” on Sunday.
The IDF on Saturday struck some 290 sites in Lebanon — one of the most intense since the October 7 attacks.
mk/rm (Reuters, AFP, AP)
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Skip next section Hospitals in northern Isarel instructed to shift to war footing
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Hospitals in northern Isarel instructed to shift to war footing
Isarel’s health ministry on Sunday instructed hospitals in the northern part of the country to shift their operations to facilities with extra protection from rocket and missile fire, it said.
This was reported by news agency Associated Press and local Israeli media publications.
The ministry was acting on instructions from the IDF, it said as per a report by the Times of Israel.
Rambam hospital In Haifa, where strikes damaged buildings and injured at least three people, will transfer patients to its secure, underground facility, the ministry added.
All elective procedures had been canceled.
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Skip next section Israel orders closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah office, broadcaster says
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Israel orders closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah office, broadcaster says
Israeli forces raided the office of Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order, the Qatari broadcaster said.
Al Jazeera broadcast live footage of Israeli soldiers entering its premises in Ramallah.
The footage shows an Israeli soldier telling West Bank bureau chief Walid al-Omari about a court ruling for “closing down Al Jazeera for 45 days.”
“I ask you to take all the cameras and leave the office at this moment,” the soldier adds.
The Israeli government last week announced it was revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists in the country, four months after banning the channel from operating inside Israel.
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