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Six hurt as rockets land in Tiberias, 35 km from Lebanon
By Yuval Azoulay, Amos Harel and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies

Three Katyusha rockets landed in Tiberias, located 35 kilometers from the Lebanese border, on Saturday. A residential building suffered a direct hit, sustaining damage. The owners of the residence were abroad.

Two rockets landed adjacent to a stadium in Tiberias and near the town's Club Hotel. Six people were lightly injured from rocket shrapnel.

Authorities have asked that bathers on the coast of the Sea of Galilee evacuate the area for fear of further Katyusha attacks.

Additional rockets landed near Tiberias - in Kfar Hitim, Evron, and Abu Snan. One person suffered from shock.

Rockets also landed Carmiel, Hatzor Haglilit, Peki'in, Safed, Nahariya, and Moshav Ben-Ami, in the western Galilee.

Two rockets hit empty homes Carmeil and Safed. Another landed adjacent to Carmiel College, causing a brushfire.

Saturday's rocket strikes came one day after a woman and her 5-year-old grandson were killed and four others were injured when a Katyusha rocket slammed into a home in Moshav Meron.

Early Saturday, dozens of rockets were launched, landing in Nahariya, Safed, Moshav Meron and the northern Golan Heights, causing no casualties or damage.

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said Friday that Hezbollah has rockets with a range of up to 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) or more, an admission that brings more major cities within their range, including possibly Hadera and Netanya. This would mean that Hezbollah has rockets that could reach within 20 to 30 kilometers of Tel Aviv.

Halutz also put the blame on Lebanon's government for the numerous rocket attacks on northern Israel that have killed four people and injured dozens more.

Dozens of people were injured throughout the day Friday, as Katyusha rockets landed in the Galilee.

The Prime Minister's Office responded to the attacks, saying it was "totally committed to bringing about a cession of this terror."

"These two Israelis, a woman and child, were totally innocent victims of the terror pouring out of Lebanon of which Israel vows to put an end to," David Baker, a spokesperson at the Prime Minister's Office, said.

At least three people were lightly injured when Hezbollah fired a salvo of Katyusha rockets at targets in northern Israel on Friday evening. One person was hurt in Yesod Hama'alah, and others were injured in Kfar Szold and Kibbutz Hulata.

Earlier Friday, two people were moderately hurt and eight sustained light injuries after a Katyusha rocket hit a residential building in Safed on Friday afternoon. The building sustained heavy damage.

Channel 1 TV footage showed heavy damage to the building and its surroundings. Smashed windows and wrecked cars were seen on the street that was strewn with cement fallout.

Early Friday evening, one man sustained light injuries when a Katyusha rocket landed in the Galilee village of Yesod Hama'alah. Earlier in the day, casualties were reported in the upper Galilee village of Peki'in after four rockets landed there, as well as in the community of Hatzor Haglilit where two people were lightly wounded. Three Katyusha rockets hit Kiryat Shmona on Friday afternoon. No casualties were reported in the strike.

Also Friday evening, a Katyusha rocket landed in Acre, four landed in Nahariya, one in Carmiel, and several hit Safed. No injuries were reported in the incidents.

On Thursday, two Israelis were killed by rocket fire and some 120 were wounded when scores of Katyusha rockets rained down across northern Israel.

On Friday morning and afternoon, Hezbollah fired Katyusha rockets at Kibbutz Baram in the Upper Galilee, at Safed, Rosh Pina, and also at the northern town of Nahariya. Two people were lightly wounded in Nahariya and one woman was treated for shock in Safed.

Several rockets that landed in open areas near Nahariya sparked fires. Firefighters and crop dusters were battling a large blaze between Kibbutz Kabri and the village of Sheikh Danoch.

Haifa hit by Katyusha for first time
Katyusha rockets struck Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, for the first time Thursday night, and the Home Front Command ordered area residents Friday to stay near bomb shelters so they could go inside as soon as they hear an air-raid siren. There were no casualties in the rocket strike on Haifa's Stella Maris area.

Hezbollah said Friday that Israel should expect an attack on Haifa at any time.

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Daniel Ayalon told reporters in Washington that Thursday's rocket attack on Haifa was a "major, major escalation" by Hezbollah.

Residents of the north, except those in Nahariya, were told Friday morning they could leave the shelters for a few hours. Channel 10 reported Friday that security forces were warning that Nahariya was under threat of continued attacks from Lebanon.

Some 220,000 Israelis stayed in bomb shelters in northern Israel on Thursday night to avoid the rocket fire, the army said.

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In the south of the country, five Qassam rockets hit the Sderot area early Friday, sending four people into shock, damaging a building and causing a fire. Around noon three more rockets landed in the western Negev. No casualties or damage were reported.

Rockets target Nahariya, Safed
Two Israeli were killed by rocket fire Thursday in the northern towns of Nahariya and Safed.

The woman killed by rocket fire in Nahariya was identified as Monica Zeidman (Lehrer), 40. She died in her home. The attack also wounded 29 people, including a number of children. Most of the casualties were lightly hurt; one person sustained serious wounds.

Hezbollah renewed its bombardment of Nahariya on Thursday evening. Some of the rockets hit a group of journalists working in Nahariya, wounding at least one person.

A barrage of Katyusha rockets hit Safed on Thursday, in two separate attacks. One person was killed and about 20 wounded. Four of the wounded were in serious condition, including two children.

The rocket fire began in the early hours of Thursday, after Israel Air Force jets struck targets across Lebanon following cross-border attacks by Hezbollah during which eight Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and two others abducted.

Rockets also fell in the town of Carmiel, but there were no injuries. In the nearby village of Majdal Qrum, one person was moderately hurt by a rocket.

A resident of the northern town of Zirit was also lightly wounded by a Katyusha on Thursday.