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Hezbollah fires rockets on Israeli Haifa, causing damages
14/8/2006 10:23

Lebanese Hezbollah fired rockets on northern Israeli city of Haifa early Sunday evening, despite a UNSC resolution approved by both Israel and Lebanon.

Several buildings and cars were damaged in the attack, but no casualties were reported for the time being, an official from a communication center in Haifa told Xinhua.

As of Sunday evening, over 200 rockets launched by the Lebanese guerillas landed across cities and towns in north Israel.

The fresh attack came a few hours after the Israeli cabinet approved the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 to end hostilities in Lebanon.

The resolution, which was also accepted by Lebanese cabinet on Saturday night, calls for Israel's withdrawal and authorizes an increase of the existing UN force in Lebanon to 15,000 troops to help Lebanese government troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws.

On Sunday morning, one person was killed as a rocket launched by Lebanese Hezbollah made direct hit on a house in the northern town of Shlomi. Another person was moderately injured in the attack.

In addition, two northern Israeli residents were moderately wounded by shrapnel and another lightly injured when a Katyusha rocket struck the northern town of Safed.



Xinhua News