Hezbollah Fires Greater than 100 Rockets at Haifa Israel

BEIRUT – The Israeli army stated greater than 100 rockets had been fired at Haifa from Lebanon in two sequence of assaults on Tuesday (8/10/2024).

This assault was once the biggest to have befell within the town for the reason that get started of the Gaza struggle.

The primary barrage consisted of 85 rockets, whilst the second one was once round 20 rockets.

Israel’s colonial army stated main points of the assault had been “beneath evaluation” and native police reported affects at a number of places. No casualties had been reported up to now.

In the meantime, the Israeli army introduced a minimum of two airstrikes within the southern suburbs of Beirut throughout the day on Tuesday, which just about hit the bridge resulting in Beirut airport.

The assault got here mins after the top of a televised speech by means of Hezbollah Deputy Chief Naim Qassem, by which he reiterated his workforce’s dedication to proceeding the struggle in opposition to Israel.

In the meantime, a Global Well being Group (WHO) reputable warned on Tuesday of a illness outbreak in Lebanon because of overcrowded prerequisites in refugee camps and the closure of hospitals as clinical employees have fled Israeli assaults.

“We face a scenario the place there’s a a lot upper chance of illness outbreaks, comparable to acute watery diarrhea, hepatitis A and quite a few vaccine-preventable illnesses,” stated Ian Clarke, WHO deputy incident supervisor for Lebanon, at a press convention in Geneva by the use of video hyperlink from Beirut.

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