Rocket barrages hit Tiberias

VIDEO - Nasrallah promises overall war – rockets reach Lower Galilee: A second Katyusha barrage landed at around 6 p.m. Saturday in the northern city of Tiberias. A house was directly hit by one of the rockets, and its owner was lightly injured. The Pagoda Restaurant, which is located on the shores of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and is closed on Saturdays, was hit by a rocket that landed nearby. Some 30 people were treated for shock at the Poria Hospital in the city. Doron, a Tiberias resident, told Ynet: "I heard two explosions. One Katyusha landed on a street under me, on Hashoftim Street. It fell next to a school, not far from a public playground." A barrage of rockets fell on the city, located some 35 kilometers (about 22 miles) from the Israel-Lebanon border, for the first time Saturday afternoon. Rockets landed in a number of sites in the city one Katyusha struck a house, and three people were lightly injured - two of them from shrapnel. Some 26 people suffered from shock. Another rocket landed in an open field near Kfar Hitim. Residents were instructed to clear the city's beaches and enter secure rooms. Shalom Cohen, who lives near a building hit by a rocket, told Ynet “Our entire home smells of gunpowder my two kids are panicking. There was no doubt in my mind that it would reach us too rockets will continue to land on the city and we will become like Safed.” Hizbullah said it launched 12 Katyushas, but the rockets that struck Tiberias were long-range rockets, not Katyushas. The residents in one of the streets hit by the rockets could not believe their eyes. Rivka Deri, who seemed shocked, said: "Due to my high blood pressure I even found it difficult to get dressed when I heard the bombings. We are trapped here like mice, waiting for the Katyusha to come to us. Whoever witnessed what happened yesterday will be the victim tomorrow. I don’t know what to do now and where to go." Tiberias attacked for the first time (Photo: Shai Hatab) “We heard several load booms,” resident Ayala Aloni told Ynet. “We never through it would happen to us. It was very frightening. There are ambulances on the streets.” Another resident said: “We are very afraid and plan to take the kids and flee the city.” A manager of a local hotel said his guests were taken to a safe location. Destruction in Tiberias (Photo: Yaron Brenner) “We never imagined Hizbullah intended to reach Tiberias,” he said. “Now all we can do is calm the hotel guests down.” The Home Front Command instructed Tiberias residents to enter protected areas or inner rooms in buildings not exposed to windows, openings or external walls. Hatzor Haglilit home struck by rocket (Photo: AP) Emergency phone number for the Command: 1207. Dozens of Katyushas were fired at northern Israeli communities since the morning hours seven people were lightly hurt, others suffered from anxiety. At around 5:15 p.m., at least six Katyusha rockets were fired at the city of Nahariya, just as Environment Minister Gideon Ezra was touring the place. One of the rockets "missed" the minister by only a few hundreds of meters. There were no reports of injuries. Carmiel was struck by two rounds of Katyusha rockets, and an educational institute suffered a direct hit. One rocket landed on the roof of a house, and several people were treated for shock. A senior IDF officer said there is a link between the rocket attacks on the north and visits by top Israeli officials to the area. Neta Sela, Hanan Greenberg, Hagai Einav and Ahiya Raved contributed to the report

Rocket barrages hit Tiberias

(VIDEO) Second Katyusha barrage hits northern city Saturday evening, 31 people hurt; three civilians lightly hurt in afternoon's barrage, 26 suffer from shock. In Nahariya, rockets land not far from environment minister