Intense Rocket Barrage Marks Deadliest Day in Israel; IDF Captures Kidnapper

At least 11 people were killed Sunday afternoon, nine of them Israeli reserve soldiers, and 13 wounded in a direct hit on an open area in the northern farming community of Kfar Giladi, as Hezbollah renewed its rocket fire against Israel with what was described as an enormous barrage. As of 08:00 Eastern time, nearly 100 rockets had landed in Israel today alone.

Following the attack, Hezbollah continued shelling that same area for a prolonged period, but no additional casualties were reported. A nearby forest burst into flames from the barrage and huge plumes of gray smoke rose into the air. Witnesses described the barrage of rockets as "enormous" and that it lasted more than fifteen minutes.

In a later barrage, a Kiryat Shmona home sustained a direct hit, Channel 10 reported. Rockets that landed in the Beit Hillel community in the Upper Galilee left one person wounded. Also today, three Katyusha rockets landed in an open area near Ma'alot, two in Safed, two in open areas near Acre and one landed in the Golan Heights. Through the end of the day yesterday, a total of 2,682 Hezbollah rockets have landed in Israel since July 12.

Hopefully, some of the latest IDF action will help end the barrage of rocket attacks on Israeli communities. Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, chief of Israeli Military Intelligence, told the Security Cabinet that the IDF had captured one of the Hezbollah terrorists responsible for the kidnapping of soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev on July 12, which sparked the conflict in the north.

Yadlin said that the Hezbollah member is being questioned in Israel, and reiterated earlier reports by IDF officers that more than 400 Hezbollah fighters had been killed in the conflict.

In light of this being the deadliest day so far on the Israeli side, we put together this chart detailing the types of rockets in the Hezbollah arsenal along with their respective ranges and explosive charges: