A rocket attack this afternoon near Kiryat Ata, just outside Haifa, claimed the lives of two people and injured a third, according to Magen David Adom (MDA). The incident occurred at 3:27 PM local time in an olive grove near the Gil’am Junction, where MDA’s 101 emergency call center received an alert reporting casualties. Large MDA forces, including ambulances, mobile intensive care units, and medicycle responders, were quickly dispatched to the scene. Paramedics found a woman in her 60s and a man in his 30s and immediately began resuscitation efforts. Despite their efforts, both were pronounced dead on the scene. A third individual, a man in his 70s, sustained mild injuries. MDA emergency medical technicians and paramedics treated him on-site before transporting him to Rambam Hospital in Haifa for further care. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)