NAHARIYA, Israel 鈥 At least 19 people including six soldiers have been wounded in northern Israel after Lebanon鈥檚 Hezbollah militants launched drone attacks, emergency officials said. Most were hurt by an Israeli interceptor rocket that missed and hit the ground.
The attack did not appear to be linked to Hezbollah鈥檚 vow to avenge the killing of one of its top commanders in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last week, which has raised fears of an all-out war.
Still, local authorities issued sweeping new guidelines in northern Israel for all residents to 鈥渁void all non-vital activity and to stay near a safe area鈥 until further notice.
Tuesday鈥檚 strikes appeared to be part of the near-daily exchanges of fire across the Israeli-Lebanon border. Hezbollah says its rocket and drone barrages since the start of the war in Gaza are an act of solidarity with the Palestinians.
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An Israeli airstrike earlier Tuesday killed four people in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities.
Hezbollah鈥檚 drones targeted sites near the coastal town of Nahariya, the military said. It said an interceptor missed its target in one case, falling and injuring a number of people. The Nahariya Medical Center said 12 people were hurt in that incident, including one seriously. Seven others were injured in another drone strike, the center said.
Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli army bases after an Israeli strike Monday killed a lower-level commander in southern Lebanon.