 AP
Haifa residents fight a fire caused by a rocket attack.
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Three
killed in Israel's third largest city after day of heavy fighting;
airstrikes target southern Beirut; 12 Israeli soldiers dead from rocket
barrage in northern Israel
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The war has escalated today with devestating rocket attacks on Haifa. yNetnews has video and real time pictures.
In addition, four rocket landings were located in the Ma'alot area, one landing was located in Carmiel, and another landing was located in the Rosh Pina area. About 17 rockets hit the Galilee area in the last barrage.
Rocket hits Kiryat Shmona (Photo: AP)
IDF sources reported that since Sunday morning, Hizbullah has fired more than 160 rockets at Israel. One of them landed in a Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, causing the death of 11 people and the injury of 11 others – four of them severely.
The rocket fire continued in the afternoon, as well. At approximately 4 p.m. a barrage of rockets landed in the area of Shlomi and kibbutzim near Nahariya. Police and Magen David Adom forces combed the area in order to search for casualties or damages.
An hour earlier, a volley of rockets hit the Kiryaot (Haifa's northern suburbs). Police reported that three rockets hit the area, one in a street. No casualties were reported. Pursuant to the situation, courthouses were closed in Akko and the Kiryaot. Legal services for residents of theses areas will be provided, until further notice, in the Haifa courthouse.
Concurrent to the attacks in the Krayot area, warning sirens were activated in Haifa, Nahariya, Afula, Zichron Yaacov, Givat Ada, Binyamina and the surrounding areas. No rocket hit were reported in any of these areas.
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