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5 killed, 1 seriously wounded in rocket attack from Lebanon on N. Israel

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-01 02:46
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JERUSALEM -- Five agriculture workers were killed and another seriously injured on Thursday in a rocket attack from Lebanon on northern Israel, according to Israel's MDA rescue service.

Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported that the rocket fell in an apple orchard near the town of Metula, not far from the Lebanese border.

The deaths include four Thai nationals and an Israeli, Kan TV reported, adding that the injured, also a foreign national, was rushed to the Rambam Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Haifa for treatment.

According to the hospital, the man was severely injured by shrapnel.

Shortly after the rocket attack, a barrage of 30 projectiles was launched from Lebanon towards several regions in northern Israel, with some of them intercepted by the air defense system. No casualties have been reported so far, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces.

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