Rocket event in Kiryat Atta area, Israel on Sat 19th October 2024

At least nine people are wounded in rocket impacts in northern Israel amid a Hezbollah attack on the Haifa area and Western Galilee this morning.

In a direct impact in Kiryat Atta, a 28-year-old is listed in light-to-moderate condition after being hit by shrapnel, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says.

Also at the scene, MDA says it treated a man and a woman in their 40s who were lightly hurt by the blast.

Five others were treated for acute anxiety, MDA adds.

In a separate rocket impact on a road in the Western Galilee, MDA says four people were wounded, including a man in his 30s in moderate condition after being hit by shrapnel, and three others who were lightly hurt by the blast.

The IDF said that some 55 rockets were fired in the barrage, including 20 at the Haifa area. Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack.