Rockets land near Israeli city of Hadera: police

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Several rockets landed in or near the
Israeli city of Hadera on Friday, Israel’s Channel 2 television
reported, causing no casualties.

Israeli police spokesmen said at least two rockets landed
near the city, 80 km (50 miles) from the Lebanese border.

Such strikes would mark the farthest that rockets fired by
the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah had landed inside Israel
since the start of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah on
July 12, when Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers in a
cross-border raid.

Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had threatened the
group would fire longer-range missiles into Israel to target
the city of Tel Aviv, 130 km (80 miles) from Lebanon, if the
Israeli army attacked areas deeper inside Lebanon.

Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 civilians in Lebanon
on Friday and earlier rocket attacks by Hizbollah killed three
Israelis in northern Israel.