Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel seriously injured two elderly people and a soldier, and warplanes carried out strikes on the Hezbollah’s strongholds, as international efforts to secure a truce between the Iran-backed group and Israel appeared to near completion.
With concerns high over the possibility that fighting could ramp up as a ceasefire deal nears, the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command issued new restrictions in several areas of northern Israel, Times of Israel reported.
The IDF said Monday evening it was putting communities across the Golan Heights and along the northern frontier under “limited activity” rules, tightening them from “partial activity.”
The restrictions bar most schools from opening and also forbid large gatherings in the area.
While near the restive borders with Lebanon and Syria, the Golan Heights has largely been spared the brunt of rocket fire on northern Israel, though a Hezbollah rocket attack on the Golan town of Majdal Shams in late July killed 12 children.
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