Israel army says Hezbollah fired about 320 projectiles into Israel over Yom Kippur

A person walks at an empty street on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Jerusalem, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Reuters)
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Updated 12 October 2024
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Israel army says Hezbollah fired about 320 projectiles into Israel over Yom Kippur

  • The military said two projectiles were also identified crossing from northern Gaza

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said that Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired about 320 projectiles from Lebanon into Israel over Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day which ended at nightfall Saturday.
“Throughout the weekend of Yom Kippur, approximately 320 projectiles that were fired by the Hezbollah terrorist organization crossed from Lebanon into Israel,” the military said in a statement.
In a separate statement, the military said two projectiles were also identified crossing from northern Gaza, where Israel is fighting Palestinian militants, toward the city of Ashkelon but fell in an unpopulated area.


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