Posted on 06/17/2007 9:01:41 AM PDT by anotherview
Jun. 17, 2007 17:33 | Updated Jun. 17, 2007 18:04
Four Katyusha rockets fired at northern Israel; none hurt
By YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP
An IDF officer inspects the site where one of the Katyushas struck in Kiryat Shmona on Sunday.
Photo: Channel 10
The remnants of what was one of the Katyusha rockets that struck Kiryat Shmona on Sunday.
Photo: Channel 2
Four Katyusha rockets struck the town of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel Sunday afternoon, causing damage but no injuries.
Three rockets landed in Kiryat Shmona while a fourth hit Lebanese territory.
The identity of the attackers has not been confirmed, and the IDF was looking into whether the rockets were fired by Hizbullah or another group, possibly Palestinian, operating from Lebanon.
The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) reported that the rockets were launched by a Palestinian group, while Lebanese television said that the rockets were fired from the Lebanese village of Taibeh.
The privately owned Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation LBC channel said the village of Taibeh overlooks Kiryat Shmona.
UNIFIL and LAF troops set up checkpoints throughout southern Lebanon in an attempt to capture the perpetarators of the attack, Channel 2 reported.
Immediately following the attack, the MDA chief in the area raised the level of alert throughout northern Israel to its highest level. MDA teams treated one woman who suffered from shock.
One Kiryat Shmona resident who witnessed the Katyusha strike described what she saw in an interview with Channel 2.
"I heard a huge boom, and saw a giant mushroom cloud," she said. "I can't believe we are going back to the same situation that we had one year ago."
The mayor of the town, Haim Barbivai, echoed this sentiment, and called for a tough response from both the Israeli and Lebanese government.
"Heaven help us if we have another summer like the last one. That would be a tragedy," he told Channel 2.
In late 2005 several Katyusha rockets were fired into Israel, but later were found to have been launched not by Hizbullah but by a Palestinian group affiliated with al-Qaida.
Right now Prime Minister Olmert has a very safe majority (77 seats) in the Knesset. It is far more likely that a larger unity government will be the response to an impending war that a successful toppling of this government. I agree that we’d be better off with new leadership but realistically it’s not going to happen now.
I do see replacing Amir Peretz with Ehud Barak at the Defense Minister as positive. His military record is excellent and he has definitely moved to a more hawkish position since losing the Premiership. Let’s hope Prime Minister Olmert gives him enough of a free hand to act as necessary when necessary.
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Like what? Be specific. You are very good at throwing virtual stones. How about detailing what FM Livni has done wrong and what she should have done?
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For those calling for Lebanon War III, I disagree. Get the people who did this, yes. Go for an all out war when the pro-American, pro-Western Lebanese government is using it's military to try and catch these people, no.Well put. Whatever it takes to keep Gaza in a state of civil war and anarchy should be done, and the Fence should stand.
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