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Breaking: Rocket Strikes GalileeRocket from southern Lebanon lands near Akko; no injuries nor damage reported.

By Tova DvorinFirst Publish: 8/23/2014, 10:40 PM / Last Update: 8/23/2014, 10:56 PM

via Breaking: Rocket Strikes Galilee – Defense/Security – News – Arutz Sheva.

Sirens sounded in the Akko (Acre) region and the Galilee on Saturday night, amid a constant slew of rocket fire on the Negev from Gaza.

One rocket struck the Western Galilee; no injuries or damage have been reported.

The IDF has now confirmed that the rocket was fired from southern Lebanon; it hit an open area east of Akko.

Since Operation Protective Edge began 47 days ago, several rockets have been fired into Israel from Lebanon; the Lebanese Army arrested several terrorists involved in at least one salvo on the Galilee, but also complained to mediating body UNIFIL after the IAF responded to the attacks.

Earlier Saturday night, several volleys were fired at the Gush Dan (Tel Aviv) and Coastal regions; the Iron Dome intercepted two rockets over Tel Aviv. No injuries or damage were reported.

More than 90 rockets were fired into southern Israel on Saturday, with a focus on Gaza Belt communities. Dozens of rockets were fired toward Sderot, Ashkelon, Nahal Oz, Yad Mordehai, Be’er Sheva, and the surrounding communities; no injuries were reported.

The IDF announced Saturday night that it had attacked more than 100 terror targets in Gaza over the weekend, including 40 missiles, twenty military war rooms or offices of Hamas commanders, and several launchers from homes and mosques.

An IDF official also stated to Arutz Sheva Saturday that some 70% of Hamas’s arsenal has been decimated, according to the latest estimates.

More to follow.

Update

Two Grad missile hit an apartment building in a residential neighborhood in the Negev city of Be’er Sheva Saturday night, August 23.

Two Israelis were taken to nearby Soroka Medical Center with shrapnel wounds, where they are listed in good condition. Nine other people suffered trauma symptoms; numerous others suffered with anxiety.

A third Grad missile landed in an open area on the outskirts of the city.

Much further north, a Katyusha rocket was launched at Israel from southern Lebanon at about the same time.

The rocket landed in an open area in Upper Galilee. No one was injured but property damage was reported, according to Israel Police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld.

2 Israelis Wounded in Grad Missile Attack on Be’er Sheva