Hezbollah fires 300 rockets on Yom Kippur, 1 million Israelis run to shelters October 13, 2024Hezbollah rockets spontaneously combust following an Israeli strike on a weapons depot in south Lebanon. (Twitter Screenshot)(Twitter Screenshot)Hezbollah fires 300 rockets on Yom Kippur, 1 million Israelis run to shelters Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/hezbollah-fired-300-rockets-into-israel-during-yom-kippur/ Email Print During the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, over a million Israelis sought shelter in Galilee, Acre, Safed, Haifa and the surrounding bay area. By Vered Weiss, World Israel NewsHezbollah fired 320 rockets into Israel on Yom Kippur, the IDF reports.Over a million Israelis sought shelter in Galilee, Acre, Safed, Haifa and the surrounding bay area during the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. A drone sent from Syria exploded over the Golan Heights.Read Hezbollah fires nearly 60 rockets at Safed and surrounding areas, no injuriesOn Friday night, two drones were sent from Lebanon into Israel, with one exploding in a sheltered housing facility in Herzliya. Two rockets fired on Saturday from Gaza hit Ashkelon.Israeli airstrikes into Lebanon on Friday killed 22, and the IDF has been urging the evacuation of civilians from 23 people in Southern Lebanon.On Thursday, two people killed in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona in a Hezbollah missile attack were named by Hebrew-language media as Revital Yehud, 45, and Dvir Sharvit, 43.The couple were out walking their dogs when an air raid siren sounded and did not manage to reach a bomb shelter before the missile impacted.Read WATCH: Israeli strikes destroy Hezbollah launchers, weapon depotsThe attack by Hezbollah directly targeted a residential neighborhood in Kiryat Shmona. The city was officially evacuated in October 2023, but it’s believed that a few hundred or thousand residents – including Yehud and Sharvit – chose not to leave their homes.Last week, Israel’s military eliminated six senior Hezbollah commanders and 50 other terrorists through targeted strikes in Southern Lebanon on Monday.Israel’s Air Force (IAF) was focused on targeting Hezbollah’s southern Front, consisting of the Nasser Unit, Bader Unit, Aziz Unit, and the Radwan Forces.The Iran-backed terror group’s strategy was to establish a Southern Front that would attack Israel above and underground.Read Move Hezbollah buffer zone to Lebanon: IDF commanderDuring their operations in Lebanon, the IDF uncovered Hezbollah’s plans to carry out an October 7th-style invasion of the northern border of Israel.Monday’s strikes were crucial in Israel’s efforts to destroy this terrorist infrastructure and secure the border.The IAF carried out the strikes with precise guidance from the Intelligence Directorate in coordination with the Northern Command and Operations Directorate.In addition to eliminating terrorists, Israel’s military destroyed a 25-meter tunnel that extended into Israel’s territory. Hezbollahnorthern IsraelYom Kippur
