JERUSALEM, July 16 (Reuters) - Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon struck deeper into Israel than ever before on Sunday, striking the town of Afula some 50 km (33 miles) south of the border, the Israeli army said.

In addition to Afula, at least one rocket landed in a Jewish town adjacent to the holy city of Nazareth, Israel's largest Arab community.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Nazareth is home to the Church of the Annunciation, which is built above a sunken grotto where, according to Roman Catholic tradition, the angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary that she was to bear Jesus.

On Saturday, rockets fired by Hizbollah hit the Sea of Galilee town of Tiberias, about 35 km (22 miles) from the border with Lebanon.

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