JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- More than 60 people were injured in a drone attack on the town of Binyamina in northern Israel Sunday evening, Israeli hospitals reported.
Eli Bin, director-general of Magen David Adom rescue service, told reporters that three of the injured were in critical condition, five sustained severe injuries, and the remaining suffered light to moderate injuries.
Helicopters and ambulances were dispatched to the town, which is located on the Carmel coast between Haifa and Tel Aviv, to evacuate the injured.
The Israel Defense Forces said no air raid siren was activated before the attack, adding that the incident is under investigation.
It marks a rare airstrike on Israel that has caused such a large number of casualties as Israeli air defense systems typically issue alerts ahead of such attacks.
Israel's Army Radio reported that an initial probe indicated that at least two drones were launched from Lebanon and approached Israel from the Mediterranean Sea. One was intercepted, but the military failed to trace the other.
About an hour after the attack, the military claimed that another drone from Lebanon was intercepted at Haifa Bay in northern Israel.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack, announcing in a statement that it launched a squadron of drones on a training base of the Golani Brigade in Binyamina. ■
