Hizbollah rockets hit northern Israel

JERUSALEM, Aug 7 (Reuters) Hizbollah rockets struck northern Israel today, wounding at least one person, a day after 15 people were killed in heavy barrages from Lebanon, rescue services said.

Air raid sirens sounded in an area stretching from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee, warning of incoming rocket fire.

Rescue services said one person was slightly wounded by shrapnel in the western Galilee region.

Hizbollah rockets killed 15 people in Israel yesterday, including 12 army reservists called up for duty. It was Israel's highest death toll in a single day since the start of the Lebanon war.

Yesterday's casualties brought to 48 the number of people killed in northern Israel in rocket strikes since war broke out on July 12 after Hizbollah seized two soldiers in a cross-border raid.

Israeli air strikes killed 14 civilians in Lebanon and Hizbollah battled Israeli ground troops today as the UN Security Council failed to agree on a draft resolution seeking to end 27 days of fighting.

Hizbollah has fired more than 2,700 rockets at Israel. At least 773 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

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