Lebanese resistance retaliates with volleys of rockets at “Israel”- 1 "Israeli" settler killed & 5 wounded
Source: AP, 13-7-2006
JERUSALEM (AL-QUDS) - Lebanese Hizbullah occupation-resistance fired volleys of rockets at northern "Israel" on Thursday, killing one "Israeli" and wounding five, the army and medics said.
A 40-year-old "Israeli" settler was killed in the northern border town of Nahariya when a rocket struck, medics said.
The "Israeli" Military confirmed the death. Across "Israeli" border towns, thousands of residents spent the night in underground shelters.
At Nahariya Hospital, patients were moved to secure rooms on lower floors, others taken to underground shelters, said the deputy director, Moshe Daniel.
`We are on very high alert,`` Daniel told "Israel" Radio. "We are prepared.``
Nahariya Mayor Jackie Sabag said the whole town has shut down, with businesses closed.
Sabag urged all residents to comply with army orders to stay in underground shelters.
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