Man pronounced dead after sustaining critical wounds in rocket attack from Lebanon

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Medics have declared the death of an Israeli civilian in his 30s who was wounded by rocket shrapnel in the northern community of Kibbutz HaGoshrim a short while ago.

The IDF says 10 rockets were fired from Lebanon in the attack, and most were intercepted by the Iron Dome.

One rocket struck HaGoshrim, criticality injuring the man who has now been declared dead.

The IDF says it is shelling the launch site with artillery. It adds that earlier, fighter jets struck a Hezbollah site in southern Lebanon’s Jibchit.

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