Beirut, 28 Sept  

The Israeli military said on Saturday Israel is on high alert for a broader conflict after it claimed to have killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, and also said it hoped his reported death will cause the group to change course.

Hezbollah launched some 65 rockets at Israel on Friday night, hours after a major Israel Defence Forces strike in Beirut, believed to have targeted the terror group’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah.

Shortly after 10 pm, a barrage of some 30 rockets was launched at Safed, according to the IDF, with local officials saying that at least two impacts in the northern city caused significant damage.

A 68-year-old woman was lightly wounded as a result of one of the rocket impacts in Safed, according to Magen David Adom medics. The woman sustained trauma from the blast, the medics said, adding that she was being evacuated to Ziv Hospital in the city.

A house in Safed sustained a direct hit, sparking a fire. No one was injured in the impact as the residents had evacuated to the center of the country, the Ynet news site reported, amid the ongoing rocket fire from Lebanon. Photos and videos posted to social media showed firefighters at the scene working to control the blaze. -Times of Israel