Israeli Killed in Hezbollah Rocket Barrage

Stand for Israel  |  March 27, 2024

Israeli security forces look at the damage after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit the northern town of Kiryat Shmona, March 27, 2024.
(Photo: David Cohen/Flash90)

As many as 30 rockets fired at Israel from Hezbollah set buildings ablaze. One young man was killed in a building collapse from rocket damage. Citizens were warned to take shelter or evacuate, reports JNS:

A 25-year-old Israeli man was killed in the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona on Wednesday by a Hezbollah rocket barrage from Lebanon.

According to Magen David Adom, the man, a laborer later identified as Zahar Bashara, was pronounced dead after being pulled from a damaged building in the city’s industrial zone. Zahara was a resident of the Druze village of Ein Qiniyye in the Golan Heights.

At least 30 rockets were fired across the border from Lebanon on Wednesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces, several of which impacted in the northern city, including at industrial sites, setting buildings aflame.

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