On the afternoon of Thursday, March 26, 2026, a man in his 30s was killed and another, in his 50s, was seriously injured after a rocket fired by Hezbollah hit the city of Nahariya in northern Israel
According to rescue teams, the two men heard the warning sirens and tried to run to an air raid shelter, but they couldn’t get there in time.
The rocket landed in a parking lot next to a residential building, and the shrapnel severely injured them.
Paramedics from Magen David Adom confirmed the younger man’s death at the scene.
Thirteen other people suffered minor injuries from shrapnel or the explosion, and 11 experienced acute anxiety attacks.
All 25 victims were taken to hospitals in the region.
A city resident, Noa Avraham, a mother of three, described the moment with emotion: “I’ve never felt an impact so close.
The explosion was the loudest I’ve ever heard in my life.” She recounted that, soon after, the street was filled with onlookers, there were shards of glass everywhere, and many people were crying.
“Mothers were coming out of buildings carrying their children wrapped in blankets.
It’s a feeling of fear, of anguish, as if the north were abandoned and invisible,” she said.
In addition to the attack on Nahariya, fragments from a Hezbollah drone that was intercepted slightly injured two other people in Western Galilee.
During the day, Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets against Israel, in addition to dozens aimed at Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon.
In the early morning hours, the group also fired missiles at the center of the country, which were intercepted by Israeli air defenses.
On the Israeli side, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) intensified operations in southern Lebanon to expand a security zone.
The 162nd Division launched an incursion into the western sector, aiming to create a wider area of “”protection.
Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israel intends to control a security zone up to the Litani River until the Hezbollah threat is eliminated.
The commander of the Israeli Northern Region, General Rafi Milo, reported that since the beginning of the most intense clashes, more than 750 Hezbollah members have been eliminated.
He emphasized that the operation follows an organized plan to push the enemy north, destroy its infrastructure, and better protect the residents of northern Israel.
To date, three Israeli soldiers have died in fighting in southern Lebanon.
Two Israeli civilians were killed by Hezbollah rockets, and a third died by mistake, struck by Israeli artillery.
Israeli military authorities explain that the ground operation has three main lines of defense: villages near the border, where the aim is to prevent infiltrations; villages further away from where anti-tank missiles can be launched; and the Litani River region, from where many rocket attacks originate.
However, Hezbollah continues to fire most of its rockets from areas even further north.
On the Lebanese side, at least five people have died in Israeli attacks, including two in an operation in Nabatieh, a region considered a Hezbollah stronghold.
The incident in Nahariya reinforces the ongoing tension on Israel’s northern border, where residents live daily with the sound of sirens and the risk of new attacks.
The ongoing operations seek to reduce this threat and restore security to the population of the region.
Published in 03/26/2026 23h28
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