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Hezbollah fires at Israel as wars rage on Yom Kippur

Hezbollah fires at Israel as wars rage on Yom Kippur
Hezbollah fires at Israel as wars rage on Yom Kippur

2024-10-12 12:00:14 - From: Alarabiya


Hezbollah said it launched a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military base on Saturday, as Israeli troops battled militants in Lebanon and Gaza on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Cities around Israel were quiet with markets closed, flights stopped, and public transport halted as observant Jews fasted and prayed on the Day of Atonement. But with the country at war against Hezbollah and ISIS, troops remained engaged in combat on the northern and southern frontiers amid a firestorm of criticism over the wounding of four UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.Hezbollah, which has lost its leader and a long list of key commanders to Israeli strikes since the start of the war in Lebanon, on Saturday said it struck an army base with missiles to the south of the city of Haifa.Hezbollah fighters were “targeting the explosives factory there with a salvo of… missiles,” the group said in a statement.Air raid