jul 16, 2006 - Hezbollah fires 47 rockets into Israel, killing 8 and wounding 77 more in Haifa. Rockets also hit Nazareth and Afula. Seen as extension of Hezbollah's reach
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Several barrages of Katyusha rockets hit Haifa, Acre, and Nahariya, and explosions were also heard in Rosh HaNikra.
Eight were killed in Haifa, and several were seriously wounded when unguided rockets hit a railway maintenance depot. Al-Manar reported that the Hezbollah attack included a Fajr-3 and a Ra'ad 1 liquid-fuel missiles, developed by Iran. Hezbollah said the attack was aimed at a large Israeli fuel storage plant adjacent to the railway facility. Rockets also hit the villages of Shtula and Zar'it, the site of the original Hezbollah attack. Additional barrages hit the Israeli Arab town of Ghajar and kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch as well as striking Meron and Safed again.
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