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Hizbullah Fires New Longer-Range Missile
 (IsraelNN.com) Defense personnel are examining the remnants of a kind of five longer-range rockets that Hizbullah terrorists fired on Afula Friday afternoon. Authorities said the weapons have not been used since Hizbullah initiated its attacks on Israel more than two weeks ago. They landed in open areas without causing damage or injuries. Afula is located a few miles north of central Samaria and is between the Mediterranean Coast and the northern Jordan Valley.Hizbullah attacked Israel with more than 40 rockets in the hours before the beginning of the Sabbath, knocking out electricity in one area and striking a Magen David facility in Tzfat, where no one was injured. More than 20 other missiles exploded in the morning and early afternoon hours of the day. UPDATE: After a number of Katyusha barrages hit northern Israel over the course of the morning, an Iranian-made Fajr-5 missile landed near Afula shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday. This was the first time a missile of this type has been fired at Israel by Hizbullah. Police in the North said in an official statement that the missile, which landed near Afula, contained 100 kg. of explosives - an amount that could have caused extensive damage and casualties had it struck a building. No one was wounded in the attack, and the Home Front Command instructed residents of the city to remain indoors. The attack caused a fire, and a helicopter was scrambled to help firefighters contain the blaze. In a statement released by Hizbullah, the group called the attack an "implementation of the promise and decision and in response to the brutal aggression (by Israel)." Shortly after the attack, IAF jets destroyed the launcher. Posted by: Fred 2006-07-28 |
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