Hezbollah fired an enormous barrage of rockets at towns across northern Israel on Sunday, killing at least nine people, rescue services said. «It was a direct hit on a crowd of people,» Dan Ronen, the chief of the northern police command, told Israeli Army Radio. Ronen said the barrage was the worst in the north during the 23 days of fighting with Hezbollah. One of the rockets hit the northern town of Kfar Giladi, causing many of the injuries and deaths, rescue officials said. The Israeli Army Radio said a synagogue was also hit. Convoys of police and rescue vehicles raced to the town, the Associated Press reported. A nearby forest burst into flames from the barrage and huge plumes of gray smoke rose into the air. Witnesses reported the barrage was going on more than 15 minutes after it had begun. One rescue service reported at least two rockets directly hit homes.
