4 Rockets Fired from Tyre Area at Israel, Army Finds Launch Pads

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Unknown militants fired four rockets from the southern region of Tyre towards northern Israel on Thursday.

“Four rockets were fired from an area between Hawsh and the al-Rashidiyeh (Palestinian refugee) camp towards the Occupied Territories (northern Israel),” Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

It said the Lebanese army found wooden launch pads from which the rockets were fired between Hawsh and al-Rashidiyeh, denying reports of retaliatory Israeli shelling against southern Lebanon.

"Unknown gunmen fired four rockets from two positions, south and east of Tyre, at Israel," a Lebanese security source told Agence France Presse as residents in the area said they heard four blasts.

Israel's Channel 2 said a rocket landed in the Israeli town of Nahariya as emergency sirens went off in northern Israel.

The Israeli army said its Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted one of "three or four rockets fired from south of Tyre."

The interception took place between Nahariya and the coastal town of Acre, further south.

None of the rockets, which were "probably a launching done by a global jihadi organization," hit Israeli territory, Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner told journalists, saying they might have fallen "in the sea or elsewhere."

Lerner added that airspace in the north of Israel had been closed following what he described as an "unprovoked attack on Israeli citizens."

The Israeli army did not retaliate, Lerner said, and another spokesman said the army considered the attack an "isolated incident."

A Lebanese army statement said “unknown individuals fired four Katyusha rockets from an area south of the city of Tyre towards the occupied Palestinian territories.”

In the wake of the incident, army troops “conducted a search operation in the area, where they found four wooden rocket launch pads in the outskirts of the town of Hawsh,” it added.

“The relevant army units in coordination with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have launched a probe into the incident to unveil the circumstances and identify and arrest the perpetrators,” it said.

Israeli police urged residents of the north to remain close to bomb shelters.

The Iron Dome batteries, which are deployed throughout Israel, can shoot down rockets with a range of up to 70 kilometers.

A spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said the U.N. force was probing the attack and following up the situation on the two sides of the border.

Later on Thursday, the Israeli news website walla.co.il said the attack was claimed by the al-Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades.

In November 2011, the group fired a volley of rockets from southern Lebanon at Israel, provoking a reaction from the Israeli army.

The same group had claimed responsibility for a rocket attack in 2009.

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Comments 18
Missing rudy 22 August 2013, 18:34

well, at least the salafis are actually attacking israel.

cant say that much about the "resistance"

Missing phillipo 22 August 2013, 18:40

All well and good, but if Israel responds everyone in Lebanon will say that she is to blame, and Foreign Minister will immediately complain to the UN Security Council about Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Default-user-icon Chafik (Guest) 22 August 2013, 18:53

This message is for all those who complained about the zionist agression,the history always comes back ,this is deja vus,this is exactly wat happenned before the Israelis invasion to lebanon in 1975 and this exactly wat happenned before the israelis invasion to lebanon in 1982 and also in 2006 ,and now its happening again,wata hell were provoking for ??? Isnt enough wat we have like garbage inside lebanon ? Why the lebanese army doesent avoid that ? Or the garbage of HA ? Unless they are involved i guess !!anyway nothing to complain about the zionist if they attack us in the future because its us who will be blamed, and especially the Terror of HA because they are in control in these areas....thank you

Thumb Bandoul 22 August 2013, 19:25

Interesting...so the Al-Qaeda affiliates who infiltrated Lebanon from the Syrian theater of conflict are instigating a war between HA and Israel in the hopes HA would withdraw from Syria to confront and be occupied with what would be termed later as Israel's unprovoked aggression. Oh waow, the webs we weave...this is bad news for all Lebanese. Anyone cheering should reconsider! A repeat of 2006 war is detrimental with extreme prejudice to all Lebanese. We are doomed to repeat the past. What a shame.

Default-user-icon Guthix (Guest) 22 August 2013, 19:47

Sound analysis Bandoul

Thumb benzona 22 August 2013, 20:00

Maybe the objective is to spread them thin on two fronts, which would lead them to a double defeat. God knows what's on their minds.

Thumb cedre 22 August 2013, 20:17

the aim is to take pressure off assad (chemical attack) and HA (disarmement and internal opposition).

Default-user-icon Tom Jones (Guest) 22 August 2013, 19:55

Good observation Bandoul!...but one thing is for sure though and this is that the Iron Dome missile defense system that the Israelis are so proud of does not work. Might it be an attempt by HA to test the defense system without having a finger pointed at them, hence launching from Palestinian camp?!!

Thumb benzona 22 August 2013, 19:59

I was in a Hezbollah owned shop, buying my Lebanese bread when I heard of the story.

Question: who controls Tyre and the vicinity?

If it isn't Hezbollah, it's Hezbollah copy-cats....

Thumb primesuspect 23 August 2013, 03:32

tonto, if x controls the area, x is responsible of wat happens on its territory.

Missing fireextinguisher 22 August 2013, 20:12

Israel military: 4 rockets fired, none hit country

Thumb cedre 22 August 2013, 20:35

thats show us how performant and accurate iranian artillery is, thanks God LAF is not taking any of this crap...

Missing phillipo 22 August 2013, 22:56

Not really, it shows you who useful Israels' "Iron Dome" defence system is. I've seen on Sky TV the results of a couple of the rockets falling in cultivated areas.

Missing ahmed_elhage 22 August 2013, 20:32

May god punish the shia terrorists & their fake messiah Kohamnei who are dragging Lebanon into war

Thumb _mowaten_ 22 August 2013, 20:59

where are you geha? you were screaming about sectarian incitement earlier today, what do you think of the hage's comment here?

Default-user-icon Sami (Guest) 23 August 2013, 01:12

100% right ahmed

Thumb Maxx 22 August 2013, 21:35

"Don't touch a s**t, it won't smell." So why are these genii touching Israel? Intelligent militants used to conserve their ammo until they are able to deploy it in such a manner as to give them some strategic advantage. What has this silly toying given anybody? Besides a further bad name to Lebanon?

Thumb primesuspect 23 August 2013, 03:34

i second u