The boy and his 22 year old mother were killed as she watched her children play in their yard. Her four year old son and mother-in-law were seriously injured in the attack. Another person was moderately injured and eight others suffer light wounds.They were taken to Nahariya Hospital.
More than 90 rockets were fired at northern communities by 3:00 PM Thursday.
A Katyusha also scored a direct hit on a home in Tzfat. Five rockets hit Kiryat Shmona. Sixteen more slammed into Nahariya. Seven rockets hit the Krayot suburbs of Haifa.
Three rockets landed in Tiberias as well, where one man was lightly injured from flying shrapnel and two others suffered shock. No injuries or damage were reported in the rest of the attacks.
Air raid sirens blared throughout the north for most of the morning. A day earlier, eight long-range rockets landed in areas around the region.
Six of the rockets landed near Beit She’an, sparking a blaze in open fields near the town. Firefighters from the Jezreel Valley extinguished the fire. A long-range rocket also hit the port city of Haifa, leaving one piece of the missile, but little else. Security officials said it may have disintegrated in the air before impact.
Another long-range rocket landed near the Palestinian Authority village of Faqua, a community that was hit last week as well.
More than 90 rockets were fired at northern communities by 3:00 PM Thursday.
A Katyusha also scored a direct hit on a home in Tzfat. Five rockets hit Kiryat Shmona. Sixteen more slammed into Nahariya. Seven rockets hit the Krayot suburbs of Haifa.
Three rockets landed in Tiberias as well, where one man was lightly injured from flying shrapnel and two others suffered shock. No injuries or damage were reported in the rest of the attacks.
Air raid sirens blared throughout the north for most of the morning. A day earlier, eight long-range rockets landed in areas around the region.
Six of the rockets landed near Beit She’an, sparking a blaze in open fields near the town. Firefighters from the Jezreel Valley extinguished the fire. A long-range rocket also hit the port city of Haifa, leaving one piece of the missile, but little else. Security officials said it may have disintegrated in the air before impact.
Another long-range rocket landed near the Palestinian Authority village of Faqua, a community that was hit last week as well.