Two rockets fired from Lebanon struck the western Galilee town of Shlomi on Israel's northern border early Tuesday morning.
The rockets caused no injuries but one lightly damaged a house. The other rocket landed in a street in the town, and Army Radio reported that it caused damage to an electricity pole.
The Israel Defense Forces initially said it was old ordnance that exploded in Shlomi, but later confirmed, along with the police, that the two Katyushas were fired early Tuesday from Lebanon.
"We can confirm that a 122 mm Katyusha rocket was fired into the north of Israel from Lebanon last night," police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said.
Army Radio reports said the rockets struck Shlomi at approximately 2 A.M. Tuesday. "Several residents said that they thought it was thunder," Gabi Na'aman, head of the Shlomi local council, told Army Radio.
"This morning, we woke up and discovered they were Katyushas," he continued, referring to the rockets often fired by Hezbollah at northern Israel, which have a longer range and more explosive impact than the Qassam rockets fired by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
In Beirut, Hezbollah declined comment on the incident. A senior Lebanese military officer told The Associated Press that the report was "baseless and completely fabricated." He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the incident with the media.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which reinforced its presence after the end of the Second Lebanon War in 2006, said it was investigating. "In the meantime, we can't confirm or deny the Israeli claims," said Yasmina Bouziane, a UNIFIL spokeswoman.
Several Palestinian militant groups have a presence in Lebanon and have at times launched attacks across the border.
In June 2007, two Katyusha rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon, the first rockets to hit Israel since the Second Lebanon War the year before.
One of the rockets struck a factory in the Kiryat Shmona industrial center, and the second one hit an open field. The rockets caused damage, but no injuries. Military sources believed those rockets were not fired by Hezbollah, but a Sunni group in Lebanon.
During the 2006 war, Hezbollah bombarded northern Israel with nearly 4,000 rockets.
A pair of hebrew links. Summerised, the IDF rocket warning system did not function, despite the massive increase in detection systems spread along the border after the war. The IDF claims it's the Hezbullah, while goverment press officials lay the blame at the Lebanese goverment. Either way, wtf?
The UN international force fails again, probably due to a fucked up charter.
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Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Sidewinder wrote:I'm wondering how long before the Islamic militants' trigger-happy attitudes provoke a trigger-happy response from the Israeli Defense Forces.
Déjà Vu, much?
IIRC, last time that happened, Israel tried to "turn back the clock in Lebanon by 20 years." They crippled Lebanon's infrastructure and killed countless civilians, yet Hezbollah still bloodied their nose.
The IDF claims it's the Hezbullah, while goverment press officials lay the blame at the Lebanese goverment. Either way, wtf?
Hasn't the Israeli government always tried to hold Lebanon responsible for Hezbollah's actions?
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Sidewinder wrote:I'm wondering how long before the Islamic militants' trigger-happy attitudes provoke a trigger-happy response from the Israeli Defense Forces.
Déjà Vu, much?
IIRC, last time that happened, Israel tried to "turn back the clock in Lebanon by 20 years." They crippled Lebanon's infrastructure and killed countless civilians, yet Hezbollah still bloodied their nose.
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I wouldn't call 850-1200 civilian dead "countless", since that'd be exaggerating just a tad much. While the Israeli performance in that conflict was disappointing, Hezbollah's post-war status was less than stellar. Nasrallah himself admitted that the attack that caused the Israeli response was a mistake, and the lack of any major attacks upon Israeli outposts or territory shows that they've shifted into a defensive stance. Most likely they are still rearming and reorganizing.
They can stop re-arming any time they want. Israels defense minister Ehud Barak has said that Hezbollah has re-armed to a level above it's summer 2006 state.
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Sarevok wrote:Sometimes I wonder what if crude rockets like Hezbollah makes started flying in... into Hezbollah territory each time they fired one at Israel.
Sarevok wrote:Sometimes I wonder what if crude rockets like Hezbollah makes started flying in... into Hezbollah territory each time they fired one at Israel.
But Hezbollah doesn't make their own rockets.
No, Hamas does. Hezbullah rockets are generally of higher quality then "made in the back streets of Gaza".
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Sarevok wrote:
Well I thought instead dropping expensive bombs why not respond to a potato with a potato ?
So the latter then. The Israelis and purposefully indescriminate attacks with unguided rockets eh? Why do I see this going oh so wrong?
Sarevok wrote:
I just forgot the fact that Hezbollah imports high quality backyard artillery kits instead of assembling one themselves like those Hamas kids.
It is a mite easier when Syria and Iran ship you military grade weapons
Davis 51 wrote:Hasn't the Israeli government always tried to hold Lebanon responsible for Hezbollah's actions?
Well who are they going to hold responsible if not Lebanon? Actually the state of Lebanon hardly exists other than as international fiction and a figleaf for the Hizbs to hide behind.
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Sarevok wrote:
Well I thought instead dropping expensive bombs why not respond to a potato with a potato ?
So the latter then. The Israelis and purposefully indescriminate attacks with unguided rockets eh? Why do I see this going oh so wrong?
Sarevok wrote:
I just forgot the fact that Hezbollah imports high quality backyard artillery kits instead of assembling one themselves like those Hamas kids.
It is a mite easier when Syria and Iran ship you military grade weapons
Of course it's wrong. But last time Israel wanted do something about this they ended up killing ~1000 people. Hence my suggestion to respond in kind by lobbing a homemade crude rocket or two to silence respond public outcry instead of repeating the tragedy of 2006. When people demand blood and there is no choice it is best keep it as minimum as possible.
I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie.
Sarevok wrote:
Well I thought instead dropping expensive bombs why not respond to a potato with a potato ?
So the latter then. The Israelis and purposefully indescriminate attacks with unguided rockets eh? Why do I see this going oh so wrong?
Sarevok wrote:
I just forgot the fact that Hezbollah imports high quality backyard artillery kits instead of assembling one themselves like those Hamas kids.
It is a mite easier when Syria and Iran ship you military grade weapons
Of course it's wrong. But last time Israel wanted do something about this they ended up killing ~1000 people. Hence my suggestion to respond in kind by lobbing a homemade crude rocket or two to silence respond public outcry instead of repeating the tragedy of 2006. When people demand blood and there is no choice it is best keep it as minimum as possible.
I think you don't understand, cheap home-made rockets cause MORE collateral damage, since they don't have the targetting capabilities of multimillion dollar "smart" bombs or the like. (The fact that they do less damage per rocket compared to a 2.5 million dollar smart bomb notwithstanding).
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Well air strikes are not going to stop Hezbollah rocket launches. Unless the inhuman method of indiscriminate destruction of everyone within firing range of Israel is adopted. It seems your country is in a trap here since it can't respond in an acceptable and effective way. Would not be possible to find some other way to just diplomatically persuade or buy off Hezbollah ?
I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie.
Sarevok wrote:It seems your country is in a trap here since it can't respond in an acceptable and effective way. Would not be possible to find some other way to just diplomatically persuade or buy off Hezbollah ?
Not going to happen. Hezbullah is enjoying itself. Shoot rockets at Israel with impunity since theres a UN 'force' that stops any reaction by the IDF. If Israel complains, the UN will just say that they are 'investigating'. All while Hezbullah recieves quality rockets openly from Syria and Iran.
Thats ignoring the south...
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