Rockets Fired From Lebanon Hit Israel

[Fozzledick]

JERUSALEM — At least two rockets fired from southern Lebanon hit open areas in northern Israel on Friday, and Israel returned fire, Israeli military officials said. No injuries were reported on either side.

The Katyusha rockets were the first in six months to be fired at Israel from Lebanon. Israeli police said they had identified two sites where rockets fell near the northern town of Nahariya in the Western Galilee.

It was not immediately clear which group was responsible for the rocket fire. Hezbollah, a Shiite military and political organization, fired thousands of rockets at Israel during a 34-day war in 2006, but the group had assured the Lebanese government that it was not responsible for the previous attacks this year.

Several small Palestinian and other militant groups operate in southern Lebanon and have fired rockets at Israel in the past.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/middleeast/12mideast.html?_r=1&hp

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[proteus_lives]

5. Yes, Israel should just let itself be attacked.

And Hezbollah and the rest of the merry bunch have no blame in the response.

:eyes:

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6. No, it shouldn't. But no-one else said it should n/t

[Ozymanithrax]

2. Here we go again Lebanese terrorists/freedom fighters ...

firing rockets into Israel to provoke air strikes so the Lebanese terrorists/freedom fighters can win the propaganda war.

They could try not firing rockets and see if there is a different result.

[Fozzledick]

3. Global Jihad group likely behind Katyusha attack on North (Israel)

A small-scale Global Jihad terror group was likely behind the firing of at least two Katyusha rockets into northern Israel on Friday afternoon, military sources said.

The rockets landed in open fields near the city of Nahariya. No casualties or damage were reported, and the IDF responded by firing some 15 artillery shells towards the source of the fire near the Lebanese city of Tyre.

IDF sources said that the rockets were 122 millimeter Katyushas, a short-range rocket known to be in the hands of Hizbullah as well as other smaller Palestinian terror groups that operate in southern Lebanon.

The IDF released a statement, saying that Israel holds the Lebanese government responsible for terror attacks that originate in its sovereign territory. IDF sources said that the incident was likely isolated and would not develop into a larger conflict. Military forces were however put on high alert along the northern border.

A senior Lebanese military official said that the rockets were fired from the town of Qlaileh, near the Lebanese port city of Tyre.

"The rocket attack could be connected to a number of events - the eight anniversary of 9/11, the large IDF exercise in the North this week of some small terror group's discontent with Hizbullah," a defense official explained. The attacks also could be connected to the political tension in Lebanon following Sa'ad Hariri's announcement on Thursday that he had failed to establish a unity government with Hizbullah, the official said.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804548485&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[Vegasaurus]

4. Wonder if the Palestinians are dancing in the streets on 9/11 today like they did 8 years ago

and why would Hezbollah be so stupid?

At least Hamas seems to have finally understood cause and effect.

If they shoot off nonstop rockets, they will bring on a war.

Hezbollah already endured this once.

Are they so stupid as to tempt the fates again?

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7. I spotted some over near the Israelis setting up deckchairs to watch Palestinians get bombed...

Quick! The HonestReporting folk are going to be there, and they are so wanting to meet you coz they're interested in getting a 'pro-Israel' fortune cookie franchise set up and yr highly intelligent and totally progressive one-liners carry so much appeal!