Four soldiers hurt, one seriously, by shrapnel from rocket interception in north

Four IDF soldiers were wounded, one seriously, as a result of falling shrapnel following a rocket interception over the northern city of Kiryat Shmona this evening, the military says.

According to the IDF, some 15 rockets were launched from Lebanon in the attack. Most of them were shot down by the Iron Dome air defense system.

As a result of falling shrapnel, one soldier was seriously wounded, another was moderately hurt, and two more sustained light injuries, the IDF says.

The soldiers, all women, were taken to a hospital.

Another eight rockets were fired at Kiryat Shmona a short while after the barrage that wounded the soldiers, the IDF says. No injuries were caused in the second attack.

Meanwhile, the IDF says it struck a Hezbollah field commander in southern Lebanon’s Kfar Tebnit, in the Nabatiyeh District.