Drone fired from Lebanon smashes into nursery school near Haifa

A drone fired from Lebanon smashed into a nursery school near the northern Israeli city of Haifa on Tuesday morning, but no children were injured as they were inside a bomb shelter at the time of the attack.

That's according to an Associated Press reporter who visited the scene. The impact scattered debris across the playground.

Hezbollah launched at least four drones toward Israel during the day, the Israeli military said, with the air force intercepting some of them. The Lebanese militant group has so far not claimed responsibility for the drones fired Tuesday but has said it fired rockets into Israel.

Drones have challenged Israel’s robust aerial defense systems, and many have evaded interception, causing damage and killing people, including one of the worst mass-casualty strikes in Israel during the past year of war, when four soldiers were killed and dozens wounded by a drone strike.

Hezbollah began firing into Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Since the conflict erupted, more than 3,200 people have been killed and more than 14,000 wounded in Lebanon, the Health Ministry reported.

In Israel, 73 people have been killed and over 600 wounded by Hezbollah fire, according to the prime minister’s office.