Israeli rescue services said almost 40 people were wounded in a drone strike in the central city of Binyamina on Sunday, three of them critically. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group claimed responsibility for one of the most serious strikes to land in Israel in a year of war.

At least 40 people were wounded after Hezbollah terrorists reportedly launched a drone strike at Israel on Sunday. One of the explosives-laden drones was successfully intercepted in western Galilee. But the other craft evaded Israeli air defenses and crashed in the Haifa region of Israel — exploding in the Binyamina area,