Tel Aviv: Hezbollah launched more than 50 rockets on Wednesday, hitting a number of private homes in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.
One house was completely engulfed in flames, a paramedic who responded to the scene said.
“Miraculously, there were no serious casualties,” said Oren Avitan, the area paramedic director of Magen David Adom.
“A 30-year-old man was found in moderate condition and fully conscious with shrapnel in his body. Several people were treated for anxiety on the spot,” he added.
Hezbollah said the attack was in response to an Israeli strike deep into Lebanon on Tuesday night that killed 1 and injured 19.
On Tuesday, Hezbollah launched more than 200 projectiles towards Israel, after Israel targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot some 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border, a significant increase in the daily skirmishes.
Israel and the Lebanese militant group have traded near-daily strikes for more than 10 months against the backdrop of Israel’s war against Hezbollah’s ally, Hamas, in Gaza.
The exchanges have killed more than 500 people in Lebanon – mostly militants but also including around 100 civilians and non-combatants – and 23 soldiers and 26 civilians in Israel.
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