Hezbollah had threatened to hit the city Haifa, "if the southern suburbs and the city of Beirut are subjected to any direct Israeli aggression". Two rockets hit Haifa, hours after the threat.[30] Hezbollah denied firing any rockets at the city.[31][32] Israeli sources later reported that two rockets were fired from inside Lebanon.[33][31] The attack is the first time rockets have hit so far south into Israel. One shock injury had been reported from these initial attacks on Haifa.[34]