Breaking: War in Lebanon?

israelmatzav.blogspot.com ^ | January 8, 2009 | Carl in Jerusalem

[Free ThinkerNY]

Deja vu all over again?

Israel Radio just reported that within the last few minutes, Hezbullah (apparently) shot three Katyusha rockets into Nahariya, which is in northern Israel along the coast. Map and further updates to follow.

UPDATE 8:05 AM

They're now saying four Katyushas have fallen. Two people lightly injured and several in shock.

Map added.

No one knows yet if this is Hezbullah opening a northern front against or Nasrallah reminding us he's still there.

This happened at 7:35 AM - about half an hour ago.

Nahariya is due north of Acre just below the "UN buffer zone."

UPDATE 8:11 AM

Hezbullah's al-Manar television and Lebanon's al-Mustaqbal confirm Katyusha fire. No group has taken responsibility.

Al-Manar reports that IDF responded with artillery rounds at 8:00 to Wadi Chamoul, which is the source of the shooting. That is south of the Litani River in the area 'patrolled' by UNIFIL.

[sheik yerbouty]

They are too busy jihading to accept gainful employment..

[DangerZone]

And Syria.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Israel has at least 400 nuclear weapons (probably triple that by now) and according to the U.N. none of the regimes you named have any atom bombs. Some of Israel's nuclear-tipped missiles are on submarines, where they are practically invulnerable to attack.

[This_far]

“They are too busy jihading to accept gainful employment..”

I think that they’ve been led (lead?) to believe that jihad IS their employment, gainful or otherwise.

All things considered, I guess I’d rather have our imperfect social security and welfare benefit system.

[rmarley]

Hezbollah would be very foolish to instigate Israel right now but on the other hand Israel needs to finish the war that was started in 2006 to show that they will not allow terrorists groups at any cost to declare any kind of victory. They are nothing but cowards who have no respect even for the countries they are operating in when they need to use human beings as shields. It is callous and evil. And the population is being decieved by thier motives. Israel should have went right after Iran who is the nation who sponsors terrorism and had the gull to make themselves look so innocent by calling the USA and Israel terrorists. What a twisting of the truth that is. They need to be punished. (not the people but thier leaders.)