Hezbollah hits northern Israel with rockets

March 27, 2024 - 17:40

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has said it launched dozens of rockets at Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli occupied border town, in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s southern village of al-Habbariyeh that killed seven people.

About 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel on Wednesday, according to the Israeli military. The Israeli army’s attacks on al-Habbariyeh hit a paramedic center linked to a Lebanese Sunni Muslim group. The Emergency and Relief Corps said the victims were volunteers.

According to Al Jazeera, young men were killed in the Israeli strikes that “totally destroyed” the emergency health center.

“People here tell us that the men who were inside the building were paramedics, volunteers and university students, all in their early 20s,” a reporter of the Qatari-based news network said. “They were helping the people in this border region where we’ve seen daily exchanges of fire between Israel and … Hezbollah.”

Hezbollah promised to avenge the attack, saying it “will not pass without punishment”

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday condemned the air strike and said “these unacceptable attacks violate international laws and norms, especially the Geneva Convention, which stresses the neutrality of health centers and health workers”.

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