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| Israel, Hizbullah trade fire on northern border | |
| 2003-08-08 | |
| JPost - Reg Req’d In the first attack of its kind in seven months, Hizbullah fired mortars, anti-tank missiles, Katyushas and automatic weapons fire at IDF positions in the Har Dov and Hermon regions on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon Friday morning. The attack, described as ’massive’ by the IDF spokesperson, commenced at 09:40 AM. IDF artillery units and IAF attack helicopters returned fire. Iran must’ve ordered a step-up in attacks from just AA shrapnel Israeli warplanes also responded with heavy air strikes on the eastern, western and southern edges of the Sheba Farms area. No injuries on either side have been reported. The border is quieter now, but sporadic fire still persists. IAF helicopters are still in the area. quieter = deader? Foreign media reported that an IDF radar installation was damaged in the attack, but these reports have yet to be confirmed by the IDF. A Lebanese official said on condition of anonymity that Israeli troops responded with artillery fire targeting suspected guerrilla hideouts around the Sheba Farms area. Shell fragments from Hizbullah rockets were reported in western sector of the northern border in the Rosh Hanikra area. There were no injuries and no damage was reported. An Israeli government spokesperson said in reaction to the Hizbullah attack that Israel would have to check if Hizbullah was taking a new direction. "Hizbullah has an insatiable interest in heating up the northern border. We need to check if this incident was encouraged by outside forces who are not happy with the cease-fire, for example Iran; or if we’re talking about a local decision to open fire. Uh huh..just asking to have that reactor taken out, aren’t they? In any case, the Hizbullah doesn’t do anything without a reason," said the spokesperson. A Kiryat Shmona resident said people in Kiryat Shmona were trying to keep to a normal routine. IDF Northern Command suspects that Friday’s attack is Hizbullah’s response to the killing of one of its activists in a Beirut bomb blast last week. Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has blamed Israel for the activist’s death. Nasrallah needs a little taste of the IDF as well Hizbullah released a statement to the media Friday saying its attack on IDF positions in the Har Dov region was carried out by a unit calling itself the "Ali Hussein Saleh Group". they play Arabic Jazz Tunes, don’t they? Ali Hussein Saleh was killed in a car bomb in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday. oh... "The martyr Ali Hussein Saleh’s groups in the Islamic Resistance attacked... Zionist enemy positions at the radar, Rouweissat al-Alam and al-Sammaqa using live and rocket weapons and hit them directly," said a Hizbollah statement. Lebanese security forces have detained three men for questioning over Saleh’s killing after finding sophisticated radio communication equipment in a building near the dead man’s home, a senior Lebanese army source said, without naming the detainees.
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #1 IDF* *Subsidiary of the US Army, paid for by our tax dollars for a still unseen benefit to the US Taxpayer |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-8 11:46:13 PM |