[NAHARNET] Israel shelled Monday the outskirts of the southern border towns of Alma al-Shaab, al-Naqoura, and al-Khiyam.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible...
Israeli residents near Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
's border have been asked to stay home over a suspected security incident.
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi had called on Lebanese officials to abide by Resolution 1701, which compels Israel and Hezbollah to instantly halt all attacks and military operations, as the killing of four Lebanese civilians, including a woman and three children, raised the likelihood of a dangerous new escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border.
Israeli troops and Hezbollah have been clashing for a month along the border since the start of the Israel-Hamas
 ...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
war. While festivities remain largely contained, they have increased in intensity as Israel conducts a ground incursion in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
against Hezbollah ally Hamas.
Shortly after the Israeli strike on a car carrying a family between the towns of Ainata and Aitaroun, Hezbollah fired Grad rockets
...Soviet-developed 122-mm rockets, usually launched from trucks. Newer versions are reported to have a range of up to 30 km....
from southern Lebanon into Israel in response. A number of rockets hit the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona.
The death of the woman and three children raised the number of civilians killed on the Lebanese side in the border festivities to at least 14, while at least two Israeli civilians have been killed, as well as seven Israeli soldiers and dozens of fighters with Hezbollah and allied groups in Lebanon.
Hezbollah officials have warned that if Israel kills Lebanese civilians, it will be considered a violation of the rules of engagement and it will retaliate by attacking civilian targets.
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