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Rockets fired from Lebanon kill two in Israel

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Two people were killed in northern Israel on Wednesday amid a barrage of 60 rockets fired from Lebanon.

The Magen David Adom rescue service reported on X on Thursday that a man and a woman were fatally injured in the town of Kiryat Shmona.

In the port city of Haifa, shrapnel injured five people with a 16-year-old man suffering moderate injuries.

READ ALSO: US, France call for 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon

The Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon has been attacking Israel’s northern border region with rockets, grenades and drones since the start of the war in Gaza in October last year.

Israel has significantly intensified its military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon since September, conducting large-scale air strikes and a ground offensive.

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