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At least three Katyusha rockets fired from southern Lebanon land in Western Galilee region Thursday morning, near the settlement of Nahariya. Israeli Police reported that two people were wounded and several settlers were treated for shock.
According to Israeli media, settlers rushed to take cover in shelters and fortified areas as emergency services raised their alert level to the maximum and the he Home Front Command ordered settlers to remain close to fortified areas. Shlomi settlement regional council head, Gabi Na'aman, told Israeli Channel 10 that local residents have been told to open their bomb shelters and that school has been canceled. Occupation authorities confirmed 4 settlers were injured in the rocket fire.
The rocket attack was not attributed to any organization and there were no claim of responsibility by any side yet.
The southern region of Litani River in south Lebanon is under the jurisdiction of 15,000 UNIFIL soldiers and an equal number of Lebanese Army troops.
The Israeli media quoted Israeli sources in the Israeli army northern command as saying that the “short salvo on Thursday morning was likely to have been fired by Palestinian terror groups and not by Hezbollah.” The source however added that “it could not be ruled out whether Hezbollah might have told Palestinian groups to fire at Israel as its proxies.”
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah warned Israel Wednesday that if Israel decides to attack Lebanon, “their soldiers will soon discover that their aggression in 2006 on Lebanon will be a picnic compared to what we have prepared for them.” [BBC News]
According to Israeli media, settlers rushed to take cover in shelters and fortified areas as emergency services raised their alert level to the maximum and the he Home Front Command ordered settlers to remain close to fortified areas. Shlomi settlement regional council head, Gabi Na'aman, told Israeli Channel 10 that local residents have been told to open their bomb shelters and that school has been canceled. Occupation authorities confirmed 4 settlers were injured in the rocket fire.
The rocket attack was not attributed to any organization and there were no claim of responsibility by any side yet.
The southern region of Litani River in south Lebanon is under the jurisdiction of 15,000 UNIFIL soldiers and an equal number of Lebanese Army troops.
The Israeli media quoted Israeli sources in the Israeli army northern command as saying that the “short salvo on Thursday morning was likely to have been fired by Palestinian terror groups and not by Hezbollah.” The source however added that “it could not be ruled out whether Hezbollah might have told Palestinian groups to fire at Israel as its proxies.”
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah warned Israel Wednesday that if Israel decides to attack Lebanon, “their soldiers will soon discover that their aggression in 2006 on Lebanon will be a picnic compared to what we have prepared for them.” [BBC News]
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