Hezbollah in Lebanon has commenced a salvo of heavy missile launches against Israel. These are **not** rockets" but rather ballistic missiles.
One such missile is shown in the image above taking off from inside Lebanon.
Israeli Alert Systems are screeching alerts for at least one hundred (100) communities inside Israel, telling citizens take cover or get to shelter immediately.
Developing fast . . . check back for updates
Missile Alerts - Haifa:
More alerts:
Israel Reporting 280,000 already inside shelters, and more coming each minute.
INTEL; Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets into Haifa and Galilee, including 15 long-range heavy rockets Fajr 5 with a range of 75 km.
-- Hezbollah fired 9 rockets at Ramat David airbase. Reports coming-in claiming "direct damage" to the base, but image below does NOT show much activity or destruction:
-- Reports of all power outage in the Afula area and neighboring settlements.
- - FLAMES now visible at Ramat David Air Base:
UPDATE 7:14 PM EDT --
Attack seems to be done for now.
Israeli Officials believe that Target of tonight’s Hezbollah Attack, using Long-Range Rockets, was Ramat David Airbase to the Southeast of Haifa, which houses F-16C/D Squadrons and Drones operated by the Israeli Air Force.
UPDATE 7:27 PM EDT --
Media reports say that Haifa is under fire, and Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is displacing northern residents on a larger scale.
Fires have been reported near the Ramat David airbase.
Rockets hit Nazareth, damaging an unidentified vehicle, with casualties reported. Additionally,
300,000 Israelis have entered shelters following the latest rocket barrage from Lebanon.
-- "TSAV 8" ORDERS GOING OUT ! ! ! ! Tsav 8 (Order 8) is the term used for an emergency call-up notice that summons Israelis to reserve service, away from their day-to-day life and back into uniform.
