JERUSALEM - At least 190 rockets slammed into Israel Wednesday, the biggest single-day barrage from Lebanon since the Jewish state launched its offensive against Hezbollah three weeks ago, police said.
At least one person was killed and 19 wounded, two of them seriously, in the unprecedented barrage, that saw at least 36 rockets strike populated ateas.
One of the rockets hit near the city of Beit Shean, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the Lebanese border, the deepest strike into Israel since the start of the Lebanon conflict.
The Beit Shean strike marked the first time that a Hezbollah rocket had hit close to what is considered Israel's central region, the nation's most populated area.
Rockets also struck across the north of the country, including in the towns of Kiryat Shmona, Nahariya, Safed, Maalot, Carmiel and Acre.
Hezbollah has fired more than 2,000 rockets at northern Israel since the start of the Lebanon offensive on July 12, killing 19 civilians.
Wednesday's barrage came after a two-day lull in the salvoes -- just two rounds were fired on Monday and 13 on Tuesday -- that coincided with a 48-hour lull in air strikes agreed to by the Jewish state after its raid on the Lebanese village of Qana killed 52 civilians, most of them children.
Previously, the largest number of rockets fired on Israel from Lebanon in a single day was 156.
08/02/2006 14:12 GMT