5 Killed in Hezbollah Rocket Strike

Stand for Israel  |  October 31, 2024

Today, five people working in an apple orchard near the northern Israel town of Metula were killed by a terrorist rocket:

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed in a short statement that two rockets had been fired from Lebanon at the Metula area, and said the details of the incident were being examined.

Their deaths bring the number of civilians killed in the last year of cross-border attacks on northern Israel to 37.

Following the attack, Metula local council head David Azoulay lambasted the country’s leaders for “normalizing the situation” in the north.

It wasn’t long before rocket warning sirens blared once more, this time in Karmiel and other communities across the Galilee region, as Hezbollah launched a barrage of some 30 rockets toward northern Israel.

We read in Scripture that God “makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire” (Isaiah 46:9). Please pray for God’s mighty hand of protection over His people, Israel, and that real, true, lasting peace – God’s gift of shalom – will cover Israel and the entire world.

UPDATE: Two more people were killed, a mother and son in an olive grove near Haifa, in a separate attack, making this the deadliest day in months for civilians inside Israel.