Five people were killed in a Thursday morning rocket barrage on the town of Metula near the Israel-Lebanon border. An additional person was injured in the strike.
One of the victims was named Omer Weinstein, a 47-year-old farmer from Kibbutz Dafna. The other four victims are foreign workers. They were injured when two rockets exploded in an orchard, and about an hour after MDA arrived at the scene, they were declared dead.
Earlier, Magen David Adom (MDA) Director General Eli Bin said, "We are coordinating with the military to receive the injured. Some of the injured were transferred directly by the army to a safe place. This is definitely a serious incident."
An IDF spokesperson said that two launches towards Metula fell in an agricultural area.
The IDF confirmed: "Following the sirens that sounded at 11:37 in Metula, two projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon and falling in an open area. The details are under review."
Shortly after the barrage on Metula, sirens sounded in a number of areas throughout the Galilee. Thus far, no injuries have been reported.