Israeli security forces and emergency personnel deploy at a site hit by rockets fired from southern Lebanon in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona near the Lebanese border on Oct. 9, 2024.Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

Hezbollah rocket attack kills two in Israeli border town Kiryat Shmona

Around an hour earlier, Hezbollah fired some 40 rockets at the Upper Galilee and Haifa region, only some of which were intercepted, the IDF says

by · National Post

(Oct. 9, 2024 / JNS) — Two people were killed on Wednesday afternoon when Hezbollah launched 20 rockets from Lebanon at the evacuated Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona.

According to the Magen David Adom emergency service, a man and woman, both around 40, were found in critical condition and unconscious. Both were shortly afterwards declared dead, said MDA CEO Eli Bin.