Haifa, Israel - October 09, 2024

Residents in the northern Israeli city of Haifa rushed for cover on Wednesday as air raid sirens sounded and blasts were heard overhead in Israel's third-largest city.

Ballistic missiles arrived just minutes after the alarms first went off, leading to people quickly heading for the nearest shelters.

Earlier on Wednesday, militants in Lebanon fired around 40 rockets at northern Israel's Upper Galilee and Haifa Bay areas, injuring at least five people.

The Israeli military stated that some of the projectiles were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force, but acknowledged some others did land in these areas.

Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service reported that rockets or shrapnel from interceptor missiles hit at least two locations in the Krayot, a cluster of suburbs north of Haifa.

Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been exchanging fire along the Lebanese-Israeli border since last October, stoking fears of a wider conflict as the war between Hamas and Israel continues in Gaza.

Shotlist:
Haifa, Israel - Oct 9, 2024:
1. Residents rushing to seek shelter;
2. Various of people sheltering in building passage;
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Haifa resident (name not given):
"I was two streets from here. I heard the bombing, I saw everything. I'm a little scared from the bombing. There were 40 or 50 bombs, one after the other.";
4. Smoke in sky, residents looking up;
5. Various of residents.

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