Several lightly wounded as Katushas hit Nahariya area
Jerusalem Post staff, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 8, 2009
Two people were lightly wounded when terrorists in Lebanon on Thursday morning fired three Katyusha rockets at the area of Nahariya in northern Israel.
It was unclear whether the rockets were fired by Hizbullah or whether the attack was the making of Palestinian organizations in Lebanon acting in solidarity with Hamas.
In the IDF’s Northern Command, assessments were that the short salvo on Thursday morning was likely to have been fired by Palestinian terror groups and not by Hizbullah, but it could not be ruled out whether Hizbullah might have told Palestinian groups to fire at Israel as its proxies.
IDF sources said they fired back at the launching sites of the rockets.
An Al Jazeera reporter considered closely allied with Hizbullah said there was no chance the rockets were fired by Hizbullah, because they were old rockets of a type Hizbullah had not used in many years and also that if Hizbullah wished to open a second front on Israel it would fire hundreds of rockets and not only three.
Gabi Na’aman, head of the Shlomi Council, told Channel 10 that following the short salvo he decided to cancel school studies in Shlomi on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah stepped up his rhetoric against Israel, warning that the IDF could not destroy Hamas and that Israel would suffer another “defeat” should it attack Lebanon.
In a speech broadcast on Arab media channels, Nasrallah vowed to crush any offensive Israel might launch against Hizbullah.
Israel has warned Hizbullah against igniting a second front, saying it would retaliate massively.
In late December, The Lebanese army discovered and defused eight Katyusha rockets that had been placed near the southern town of Nakoura and were about to be fired at Israel.
The 107-millimeter projectiles were fitted with timers and were defused “a short while before the time set for their launching,” according to the Lebanese news site Naharnet.
Brenda Gazzar and AP contributed to this report
Hisbolla has to show that they are more than bravado talk. They control all of S. Lebanon and it doesn’t matter who fired Katushas it is Hizbolla behind them either directly or by allowing some other group to fire them. Israel fired artillery into open fields as return fire. Two wounded in hospital 12 treated by shock, some northern towns closed all scools and kindergartens.
Will it stop here or escalate? Getting interesting.
Comment by yamit82 — January 8, 2009 @ 2:05 am
What other civilized nation would tolerate constant terrorist attacks?
It’s a good time for them to attack while the Israeli public is all fired up. It’s time for Olmert to redeem his guilty soul.
Comment by Max — January 8, 2009 @ 3:29 am