Hizbullah launches five missiles of new type at Afula
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Jul. 28, 2006

After a number of Katyusha barrages hit northern Israel over the course of the morning, five missiles of a new and as yet unidentified type landed in and around Afula shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday.

No one was wounded in the attack, and the Home Front Command instructed residents of the city to remain indoors. The attack caused a fire, and a helicopter was scrambled to help firefighters contain the blaze.

Police experts were examining the missiles, which were described as larger and more powerful than Katyusha rockets, Channel 10 reported.

Rockets fired at the same time also landed in Kiryat Shmona, Rosh Pina, Tiberias, and Safed. While no one was reported wounded, a high-tension wire was damaged, causing power failures in some areas. The electric company was working to restore electricity.

Earlier Friday, one person was moderately wounded and several others lightly wounded when rockets fell on northern towns on Friday afternoon.

At least 11 rockets fell in Kiryat Shmona, Rosh Pina and Karmiel. Other rocket falls were sighted near Safed and Tiberias, while alert sirens sounded in those cities and in Haifa and Afula.

In Kiryat Shmona, a parked car was directly hit by a Katyusha rocket, destroying the vehicle but hurting no one.

Near Safed, rockets destroyed a local Magen David Adom building, the organization said. No one was hurt in the attack.

Residents in several of the towns that experienced rocket falls on Friday were taken to hospital for shock.

If this doesn't wake up the political leadership, then I don't know what will. Hizballah is going to slowly march south with their rocket attacks. Afula is 10 miles south east of Haifa.

yonitidi@msn.com