Rocket barrage to North lightly wounds 85-year-old man, direct crash reported in Kiryat Yam

An 85-year-old man sustained light wounds from rocket shrapnel, Magen David Adom (MDA) said on Thursday, following the rocket sirens that sounded in Western Galilee.

MDA noted its paramedics were treating the man in addition to a person who was suffering from anxiety.   

A direct rocket crash was reported in Kiryat Yam in the Haifa bay area, Israeli media stated on Thursday afternoon. No casualties were reported. 

Starting at 2:24 p.m., rocket alerts sounded at Rosh Hanikra, Abirim, and other communities in Western Galilee along Israel's border with Lebanon. 

Sirens were also activated at 3:05 and 3:15 p.m. in the Upper Galilee, Menashe, and Carmel areas as a result of several rockets detected crossing from Lebanon. Some were intercepted, while the rest fell in open areas. 

Approximately 30 rockets were detected as crossing from Lebanon, triggering alerts in the Haifa area at 4:10-4:16 p.m. Some of these were intercepted, but crashes were detected. 

As of 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, approximately 70 rockets were fired by Hezbollah from Lebanese territory into Israel, the military said. 

Earlier, the IDF said that some 40 rockets crossed into Israel's North from Lebanon, following the rocket sirens that sounded in the area of Nahariya, Acre, and Haifa's bayside suburbs, starting at 1:46 p.m. local time. 

Some of the rockets were intercepted, while others crashed in the area.

The Israel Air Force (IAF) also intercepted a drone from Lebanon that infiltrated Kfar Yuval and Ma'ayan Baruch.