Falcon powers – Israeli firefighting teams continued their efforts on Tuesday morning to control the massive fires that broke out near settlements and military sites in the Upper Galilee and the Golan, caused by rockets fired by the Lebanese Hezbollah.
The newspaper Israel Today reported “Hamas fires towards the South, and Hezbollah burns the North,” referring to the ongoing war with Lebanon.
Sirens sounded since morning in northern Israel areas, warning of continued rocket fire. At the same time, Israel sent warning messages to Lebanon about its intention to wage a wide-scale war this month.
Preliminary estimates indicate that the fires consumed about 4,000 dunams (around 1,000 acres) in the north due to the bombardment.
Israeli Channel 13 reported that at least 11 people, including 6 reservists, were lightly injured as a result of the fires in the north.
The Israeli army spoke earlier today about its forces “controlling the spread of the fires,” saying there is no danger to the lives of residents.
The spread of the fires prompted the intervention of a large number of firefighting teams and forces from the Israeli army and police in an attempt to control the situation, as many residents were evacuated from Kiryat Shemona and other settlements in the Upper Galilee and the occupied Syrian Golan.
