Several people wounded by shrapnel after rocket sirens sound in the Galilee

Several people were wounded by shrapnel following rocket sirens that sounded across the Galilee on Wednesday, Magen David Adom reported.

According to the IDF, approximately 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon, most of which were intercepted.

One rocket directly hit a civilian home in the central Galilee town of Majd el-Kurum, although no one in the home was injured. Several other hits were reported, including one major one at a construction site.

חודשים והצפון נמצא תחת אש. אזעקות, נפילות, ושריפות. מציאות של מלחמה שרק הולכת ומתעצמת, והממשלה מפקירה אותנו שוב ושוב. אזרחים ללא מקלטים, ללא מיגון - אך את כל זה הממשלה ידעה כבר במלחמה הקודמת עם לבנון ב-2006.אז נהרגו שני תושבי מג׳ד אלכרום מטיל חיזבאללה. והיום? תראו את הסרטון pic.twitter.com/42MdOlDjSq

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Pictures and videos from the scene show serious damage to several buildings and vehicles, with shrapnel damage present across the area.

במטח אחרון לגליל המערבי יירוטים ונפילות בכפר מג'ד אלכרום ליד כרמיאל. pic.twitter.com/S1UK6eNreB

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Following reports of rocket crashes, MDA teams searched the areas and located several people who were injured by shrapnel from the hits.

Wounded evacuated

MDA located four wounded people with mild shrapnel wounds; all four were evacuated to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, where they were treated for their injuries.

The wounded people were three men and a woman around 50 years old each.

A further ten people were treated for shock at the scene.

"When the sirens started, we began hearing the explosions - the echoes of the explosions. It took a few seconds to realize that there were several falls inside the village," Ali Nasser, a resident of Majd el-Kurum, told Ynet.

"There were two primary hits in the village - one at a house and the other at a school construction site. Thank God there were [only] four minor injuries. It was a miracle, a real miracle, what happened here."

Another resident told Ynet, "We saw death right in front of our eyes. It was very dangerous at the time, and unfortunately, we don't have shelters. This time, miraculously, there were no fatalities; maybe in another attack, there would be fatalities and a severe and shocking disaster."