Dozens hurt in rocket attacks in north

VIDEO - After a woman was killed in the northern city of Nahariya Thursday morning from a direct hit of a Katyusha rocket, the rockets arrived at Safed in the afternoon, claiming a heavy price. After a woman was killed in the northern city of Nahariya Thursday morning from a direct hit of a Katyusha rocket, the rockets arrived at Safed in the afternoon, claiming a heavy price. One resident was critically injured, another person was moderately to seriously injured and another 17 people sustained light wounds from shrapnel. Rocket barrages hit the northern communities throughout the day, and residents were called to enter shelters and security rooms. The Jewish Agency reported that Katyusha rockets hit an absorption center in the city, lightly injuring a new immigrant from Ethiopia. The Village of Majdal Krum was also hit, and one of its residents was moderately injured. Loud blasts were heard in the city of Karmiel, which is 21 kilometers (13 miles) away from the border. The Home Front command urged hikers in the north not to approach the border. Non-residents were encouraged not to go to Kiryat Shmona, Nahariya, Shlomi and the surrounding areas, pursuant to the escalating security situation. Simultaneously, health and welfare offices in the northern region approach Dr. Yehoshua Ben-Israel, head of the Shoham Medical Center for Geriatric Medicine in Pardes Hana, and asked him to prepare for the absorption of approximately 100 elderly persons from Nahariya and neighboring communities, some who are being evacuated from their homes and some from nursing homes. "We decided this morning (Thursday) to accept evacuees," said Dr. Ben-Israel. "We'll be prepared to absorb 30 people in the first wave and 40 to 50 in the second wave. We absorbed elderly persons from the north also during the Lebanon war." In the meantime, the IAF's intensive attacks on Lebanon continue. Lebanese news agencies reported 47 deaths. Hizbullah declared a direct threat on Haifa, implying that they will use long-range rockets at their disposal in the event that Beirut or its suburbs are attacked. In response, and IDF senior official told Ynet: "if Haifa is bombed, we'll topple buildings in Beirut." New developments: The names of the soldiers kidnapped Wednesday by Hizbullah operatives have been released for publication: Ehud Goldvasser, 31, from Nahariya, and Eldad Regev, 26, from Kiryat Motzkin. Operation Adequate Retribution continues in Lebanon. Al-Jazeera reports that over 50 people have been killed in attacks. Many residents have fled north, leaving ghost-towns behind. One of the targets hit by the IAF was a bridge connecting Sidon to other areas of southern Lebanon. Defense Minister Amir Peretz said that the Beirut-Damascus road may be hit in the future. IDF forces, along with members of the military rabbinate, continue in their efforts to extract the bodies of soldiers whose tank exploded, when they drove over an explosive charge in southern Lebanon. One of the bodies was extracted earlier Thursday afternoon. All four members of the crew are considered to be dead. Fighting continues in Gaza. On Wednesday night, the Palestinian Interior Ministry was bombed. The IDF said that Muhammad Deif, a wanted senior Hamas official, who was injured during the attack, is in critical condition. According to Palestinian sources, he sustained only moderate injuries.

Dozens hurt in rocket attacks in north

(VIDEO) IAF strikes in Lebanon, but barrages in north continue: At least 56 Israelis hurt, including woman killed in Nahariya. In Safed, one resident critically injured, one sustains moderate to serious wounds; 17 lightly injured