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2 Rockets Fired from Southern Lebanon Land in Nahariya, Israel Hits Back

Posted on 11 September 2009 by Press


Two Katyusha rockets fired Friday from southern Lebanon landed in northern Israel, drawing retaliatory artillery shelling.
Haaretz said on its website that there have been no reports of casualties.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Israel Radio said Israeli soldiers launched retaliatory artillery fire against southern Lebanon.

Security sources said two rockets were fired from Qlaileh near the southern port city of Tyre at 3:45pm.

Local television stations said as many as eight artillery rounds hit the outskirts of Qlaileh shortly after the Katyusha attack.

Channel 10 reported that an electric tower was struck by one of the rockets.

Israel police said remnants of a Katyusha rocket were found in northern Israel on Friday.
Residents of northern Israel said they heard explosions.

“Debris from at least one Katyusha rocket fired from south Lebanon was found in the area of the city of Nahariya and Kibbutz Gesher Aziv,” a police source told AFP.(Naharnet-AFP)

On the other hand, IDF’s spokeperson said that Israel “views these incidents as very severe, and hold Lebanon government responsible,” Haaretz reported.

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