Hezbollah strikes northern Israel with 140 rockets

This attack was carried out a day after Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, pledged revenge for Israel for the deadly blasts of telecommunications equipment in Lebanon this week.

The Israeli military said there were three waves of missile attacks Friday afternoon and that their target was areas along the border that collapsed with Lebanon.

Hezbollah said it struck several areas along the border with Israel using Katyusha missiles, as well as air defence bases and the headquarters of an Israeli armoured brigade.

The militant group said the missile attack was revenge for Israel's attacks on villages and homes south of Lebanon.

Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged fire almost every day of October 8th, a day after the war between Israel and Hamas began, the Palestinian group declared terrorist organisations by the United States and the European Union.

However, Friday's missile attack was greater than usual.

Nasrallah pledged on Thursday to continue his daily attacks on Israel, despite this week's deadly attack on communications devices of its members.

At least 37 people were killed and more than 3,000 others were injured when the pegers first broke out and then radio connections used by Hezbollah members in two waves of attacks Tuesday and Wednesday.

Lebanon and Hezbollah accuse Israel of carrying out these attacks, but Israel has neither accepted nor denied involvement. /rel/