Eight dead in rocket attack on Israel

Hezbollah fired an enormous barrage of rockets at towns across northern Israel today, killing at least eight people and wounding 20 others, rescue services said.

One of the rockets hit a building in the northern town of Kfar Giladi, causing many injuries, rescue officials said. Army Radio said a synagogue was also hit and there were fatalities in the barrage.

“There are several wounded, many of them in very serious condition,” Eli Bean, director of the Magen David Adom rescue service, told Israel’s Channel Two.

Witnesses reported the barrage was going on more than 15 minutes after it had begun. One rescue service reported at least two rockets directly hit homes.