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00:00Emergency responders in Kiryat Bialik surveyed the debris and burnt out vehicles.
00:06Part of the aftermath of a barrage of more than 100 Hezbollah rockets launched from Lebanon
00:11into northern Israel, one came down 100 metres from the home of Avi and his family.
00:18We heard sirens in the morning, I went down to the shelter with my baby and my wife.
00:22After a couple of minutes we heard a boom.
00:25I live 100 metres from here.
00:27My house was damaged.
00:29I ran out without shoes, without a shirt, only with my pants.
00:33I ran to this house while everything was still on fire, trying to see if there were other
00:38people.
00:40This scale of rocket fire hasn't been seen here in almost two decades since the last
00:45war between Hezbollah and Israel.
00:49The last time in 2006, there were less rockets than we have today, because I heard maybe
00:58ten rockets, something like this.
01:00Only on Saturday evening, Israeli authorities had warned that a rocket attack could be imminent
01:05and announced new security measures.
01:08We are taking all the necessary precautions.
01:12Gatherings in closed buildings will be limited to 300 people and outdoor gatherings will
01:16be limited to 30 people.
01:18The overnight attack sent thousands of civilians into bomb shelters.
01:23Gaza said its targets were Israeli military sites in response to the wave of deadly device
01:28explosions targeting its members just days ago and Friday's airstrike in Beirut.
01:34The latest bombardment hit a deeper and wider area than the typical exchanges of fire on
01:39the Israeli-Lebanon border, which have been happening near daily since the war in Gaza
01:44began.
01:45The UN warns that this newest escalation of the long-simmering conflict is bringing the
01:51region to the brink of catastrophe.