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'Hezbollah is escalating': Israeli mayor warns northern Israelis

 
 Israeli police work at the area where a rocket landed in Kiryat Shmona, February 13, 2024 (photo credit: REUTERS/Avi Ohayon)
Israeli police work at the area where a rocket landed in Kiryat Shmona, February 13, 2024
(photo credit: REUTERS/Avi Ohayon)

Avichai Stern warned residents to "not take any excess risk. For anyone still in the city, this is the time to make a phone call and leave."

The mayor of Kiryat Shmona warned all residents who were still in the northernmost Israeli city to leave immediately, as Hezbollah is escalating its operations along Israel's northern border.

In a recorded message, Avichai Stern warned residents to "not take any excess risk. For anyone still in the city, this is the time to make a phone call and leave.

"Another day of massive fire with three rockets fired at our city," Stern said. "To our delight, all rocket launches toward our city only resulted in landings in open fields."

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Terror cell exits Hezbollah compound, eliminated in airstrike

Israeli fighter jets targeted and eliminated a Hezbollah terror cell in the area of Blida in southern Lebanon shortly after the cell exited a military compound, the IDF said on Sunday.

Two other military compounds in the area were also targeted.

Earlier, the IDF's Aerial Defense Array brought down a suspicious aerial target after it had penetrated into Israeli airspace over the Upper Galilee from Lebanon, the military added,

Additionally, over the past hours, Israel identified launches coming from Lebanon that were directed toward the areas of Margaliot, Har Dov, Kiryat Shmona, Menara, and Malkiya in Israel's north. The IDF responded by striking the sources of rocket fire. 

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