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Israel’s Health Ministry and Magen David Adom released updated figures on casualties from Iran and Hezbollah attacks. As of 7:00 a.m., 114 remain hospitalized, including two in critical condition.

Alerts rang out from the Negev to the Galilee after launches from Iran and Lebanon. A strike at a factory in the Neot Hovav industrial zone sparked a fire and left one person lightly injured; hazmat concerns are being checked. Multiple interceptions reported; Route 40 closures in the south.

A direct rocket hit in Nahariya killed one person and left another seriously wounded. Police and rescue teams are on the scene, urging the public to avoid impact sites and not touch debris.

In the same incident that left one IDF soldier seriously wounded, an officer and two other soldiers were lightly hurt. Fifteen more troops were hospitalized for hypothermia—one in moderate condition. Families of all the wounded have been notified.

The munition landed in a residential neighborhood, damaging cars and a roadway; previously, the group had aimed cluster bombs only at Metula. No injuries were reported.

Shards of glass blasted onto a child’s bed after a rocket from Lebanon hit nearby. Moving him to the safe room before the siren likely saved his life, a city spokesperson says: "This is the reality for the kids of Kiryat Shmona—every day, a new miracle."

Preliminary probe after a massive barrage finds a rare chain of circumstances behind the two strikes; air defenses still intercepted over 92% of threats.