Hezbollah rockets reach northern cities, Samaria September 23, 2024Missiles launched from southern Lebanon towards Israel, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, September 23, 2024. (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)(Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)Hezbollah rockets reach northern cities, Samaria Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/hezbollah-rockets-reach-northern-cities-samaria/ Email Print By early Monday evening, Hezbollah had fired 180 total rockets into Israel, reaching Samaria for the first time since October 7.By Vered Weiss, World Israel NewsOn Monday, Hezbollah fired a barrage of over 180 long-range missiles into Israel, setting off sirens in towns close to Haifa, Tiberias and the Galilee and reaching Samaria for the first time since the beginning of the war.In the afternoon, sirens sounded in the Haifa and Mount Carmel area and there were alerts in Nesher, as well as in Isfiya, Kiryat Atta, Daliyat al-Karmel, and Shefa-Amr.According to the IDF, 25 rockets reached the Golan Heights and 15 targeted the Haifa Bay area. An additional 10 missiles reached Samaria setting off alarms in Ariel and in the settlements of Yakir, Nofim, Kiryat Netafim, Revava, the Ariel Industrial Zone, Barkan, Havot Yair, the Barkan Industrial Zone and Ofarim. Hezbollah fired an additional barrage of 15 rockets at the Jezreel Valley and Haifa Bay area early in the evening.As of 7:00 pm on Monday, Hezbollah had fired 180 total rockets into Israel, reaching a number of areas for the first time.Read America's next ambassador to Israel backs annexation of Judea and SamariaIn retaliation, Israel carried out a targeted strike in Beirut for the fourth time since the beginning of the conflict with Lebanon.Channel 12 quotes a senior Israeli official who declares, “What Hezbollah hasn’t understood through force, it will understand through more force.” The IDF has ordered Lebanese civilians to evacuated sensitive areas ahead of a military strike.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in a video message to Lebanese civilians urging them to follow evacuation orders. Israel’s war is not with you,” he says in a video statement. “It’s with Hezbollah.”“For too long, Hezbollah has been using you as human shields,” says Netanyahu.“It placed rockets in your living rooms and missiles in your garage. Those rockets and missiles are aimed directly at our cities, directly at our citizens,” he added To defend our people against Hezbollah strikes, we must take out these weapons,” he says.“Starting this morning, the IDF has warned you to get out of harm’s way,” Netanyahu explained.“I urge you – take this warning seriously. Don’t let Hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones. Don’t let Hezbollah endanger Lebanon.” Read Trump may not back Israeli annexation plan, warn aides Hezbollah missilesJudea and Samarianorthern Israel
