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| Rockets Fired From Lebanon Fall on Israel's North | |
| 2007-06-17 | |
| Two Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon fell on northern Israel Sunday afternoon, police and the military said. No one was hurt, but there was some damage, they said. They were the first rockets fired from Lebanon since last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas, when almost 4,000 rockets were fired at Israel. Sunday's attack raised the possibility of an Israeli reprisal raid and a new flareup between the two countries. It came as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was arriving in the United States for talks, and a new defense minister, former premier and army chief Ehud Barak, was about to take over from Amir Peretz, defeated in a party primary election. One of the rockets hit a factory and the other hit a car. Channel 2 TV's Arab affairs analyst, Ehud Yaari, said a splinter Palestinian group in Lebanon was probably behind the attack, and not Hezbollah.
The rockets exploded near the northern town of Kiryat Shemona, hard hit during last summer's war. The mayor of the town, Haim Barbivai, called for a tough response from both the Israeli and Lebanese government. "Heaven help us if we have another summer like the last one. That would be a tragedy," he told Channel 2. An eyewitness told Channel 2 TV that she saw one of the rockets explode and heard the other one. Eli Bin, director of the Magen David Adom rescue service, said no one was hurt. There was no immediate response from Israeli officials. Area police commander Nir Mariash told Channel 2 that residents in Israel's north were not instructed to enter bomb shelters, rather, "to maintain normal life." Channel 2 said the rocket fire came from the southern Lebanese village of Adaiseh, just across a ridge from northern Israel. Channel 2 showed footage of a small crater in a street, and a damaged car. The station's military reporter said that based on the limited damage, the rocket was small. A sign at a mineral water factory in the northern part of Kiryat Shemona was pockmarked by shrapnel from one of the rockets. | |
| Posted by:Uleasing Claviper7579 |
| #2 Arab affairs analyst Gawd amighty, tuning into the Mind of the Arab must be a hoot. Quick snort of crystal meth, 2 'ludes and a ballpeen hammer to the head before attempting. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-17 12:16 |
| #1 and UNIFIL did exactly what? Pull their thumb out of their ass and issue a denial? This is the prelude to the two front war the Iranians and Syrians have planned. Hope Barak's got his testerone up - and Olmert slinks away soon enuf |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-17 12:07 |