Residents and police officials gather near a house that was hit, following a projectiles attack from Lebanon towards Israel, in the central Israeli town of Tira, Nov. 2, 2024. (Credit: Rami Amichay/Reuters)
A missile strike in Israel's Sharon area wounded 19 people, police said early Saturday, after the army reported three projectiles were fired from Lebanon into central Israel.
All 19, four of whom were "in moderate condition," were taken to hospitals for treatment, the Israeli police added.
Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency medical service earlier said that several people had been wounded in a strike on the central city of Tira, including "a male around 20 with shrapnel injuries."
Videos posted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry on social media showed fire and smoke spilling from a building into the street and emergency responders swarming the site.
"This is the result of a direct hit of a Hezbollah rocket on a building in the Israeli Arab town of Tira, injuring 19 civilians," the ministry said in the post.
"We cannot and will not rest until Hezbollah is dismantled," it added.
The Israeli army said on Telegram that it had intercepted some of the three projectiles fired from Lebanon.
Tira, a predominantly Arab town, is located around 25 kilometers northeast of Tel Aviv, near the border with the occupied West Bank.
In the morning, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for several overnight operations against targets in Israel, including one east of Tel Aviv.
The war raging in the Gaza Strip has spread to Lebanon, where Israel has been carrying out airstrikes across Lebanon claiming to be against Hezbollah.
According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, at least 2,897 people were killed and 13,150 others wounded since Oct. 8, 2023.
According to Israeli figures, at least 63 people have been killed on the Israeli side since cross-border exchanges with Hezbollah erupted following Hamas's deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
On Thursday, rocket fire from Lebanon killed seven people in Metula, northern Israel, including four Thai farmers.
Hamas's October attack on Israel resulted in 1,206 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Israel's response has killed 43,259 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to figures from the territory's health ministry, which are considered reliable by the United Nations.