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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Israel army says Hezbollah fired about 320 projectiles into Israel over Yom Kippur
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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
Italian base in Iraqi Kurdistan hit by missile
ERBIL: An Italian military base in Iraqi Kurdistan was struck by a missile overnight though no injuries were reported, the Italian defense ministry said on Thursday.
“A missile hit our base in Irbil. There are no casualties or injuries among the Italian personnel. They are all fine,” the ministry said on X shortly after midnight on Thursday.
Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has been in constant contact with senior military commanders over the incident, the ministry added.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in a separate message on X that Italian military personnel had taken shelter in a bunker and all were “well and safe.”
Italy has around 300 troops in Irbil, working on training Kurdish security forces, the defense ministry said on its website.
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