Posted on 12/27/2005 7:31:42 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2
Edited on 12/27/2005 9:45:59 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
JERUSALEM - Israeli jets attacked a Palestinian militant group's training base in southern Lebanon early Wednesday, hours after an Israeli border town was hit by rocket fire, the military said.
The base located south of Beirut is operated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small group that has been waging a decades long fight against the Jewish state.
"This is in response to the firing of projectile rockets last night toward Israeli communities," the military said.
It said it views such attacks with "extreme severity" and holds Lebanon responsible.
There was no immediate word on casualties or damage in the strike, launched after three rockets landed in a residential area of Kiryat Shemona. The army said the rockets damaged some property but caused no injuries.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Both Hezbollah guerrillas and Palestinian militants operate in nearby southern Lebanon.
The raid came a month after Israeli jets attacked a command post of the Hezbollah guerrilla group in south Lebanon, responding to Hezbollah rocket and mortar attacks that wounded 11 Israeli soldiers and damaged a house in a border community.
Israel withdrew from an occupied enclave in southern Lebanon in 2000. While fighting in the area has dropped since then, the border remains tense and Hezbollah frequently targets Israeli troops in the disputed Chebaa Farms area.
Lebanon and Syria say Chebaa Farms is Lebanese territory, but U.N. cartographers who surveyed the border after the Israeli withdrawal said it belongs to that part of Syria which Israel has occupied since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Israel says it will discuss control of the area only in future peace talks with Syria.
ERUSALEM — The Israeli air force said it carried out an airstrike early Wednesday against a training base belonging to a Palestinian militant group in Lebanon, hours after a northern Israeli town was hit by rocket fire.
The army said the base, located south of Beirut, belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small militant group waging a decades long fight against the Jewish state.
"This is in response to the firing of projectile rockets last night toward Israeli communities," the army said.
It said it views such attacks with "extreme severity" and holds Lebanon responsible.
Excellent.
Please add the above posts to the thread.
Are they bombing empty buildings again?
JERUSALEM — The Israeli air force said it carried out an airstrike early Wednesday against a training base belonging to a Palestinian militant group in Lebanon, hours after a northern Israeli town was hit by rocket fire.
The army said the base, located south of Beirut, belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small militant group waging a decades long fight against the Jewish state.
"This is in response to the firing of projectile rockets last night toward Israeli communities," the army said.
It said it views such attacks with "extreme severity" and holds Lebanon responsible.
Source...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179896,00.html
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Israeli Jets Hit Militant Base in Lebanon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/israel_lebanon;_ylt=AgQJuAxEFhIEd2Bzq_qyzqSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
JERUSALEM - Israeli jets attacked a Palestinian militant group's training base in southern Lebanon early Wednesday, hours after an Israeli border town was hit by rocket fire, the military said.
The base located south of Beirut is operated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small group that has been waging a decades long fight against the Jewish state.
"This is in response to the firing of projectile rockets last night toward Israeli communities," the military said.
It said it views such attacks with "extreme severity" and holds Lebanon responsible.
There was no immediate word on casualties or damage in the strike, launched after three rockets landed in a residential area of Kiryat Shemona. The army said the rockets damaged some property but caused no injuries.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Both Hezbollah guerrillas and Palestinian militants operate in nearby southern Lebanon.
The raid came a month after Israeli jets attacked a command post of the Hezbollah guerrilla group in south Lebanon, responding to Hezbollah rocket and mortar attacks that wounded 11 Israeli soldiers and damaged a house in a border community.
Israel withdrew from an occupied enclave in southern Lebanon in 2000. While fighting in the area has dropped since then, the border remains tense and Hezbollah frequently targets Israeli troops in the disputed Chebaa Farms area.
Lebanon and Syria say Chebaa Farms is Lebanese territory, but U.N. cartographers who surveyed the border after the Israeli withdrawal said it belongs to that part of Syria which Israel has occupied since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Israel says it will discuss control of the area only in future peace talks with Syria.
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Great.
DID THEY KILL ARAFAT? WHAT ABOUT IDI AMIN? omg omg
YEEEHAAAAW!!!!!!
It's about time.
Good for Israel. They have the right to defend themselves.
self ping
Casualty counts please...
Air Force Strikes Terror Target in S. Lebanon
05:00 Dec 28, '05 / 27 Kislev 5766
(IsraelNN.com) The IDF launched an aerial assault against the Popular Front terror organization south of Beirut. The move is in retaliation to rockets fired into Kiryat Shmona, Shlomi and western Galilee locations late Tuesday night.
IDF officials released a statement that the rocket attacks across the international border on Tuesday night represent a blatant violation of Israeli sovereignty and cannot be tolerated, pointing a finger of blame at the government of Lebanon for not taking any action towards bringing an end to attacks against Israel launched from Lebanese soil, violating United Nations resolutions 425 and 1559.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=95586
Are they bombing empty buildings again?Yes, but it has been estimated that the Palestinians will now be forced to spend hundreds of dollars rebuilding these ramshackle hovels again.
Rack itttt
IDF Smackdown
Go, IDF!
Practice for Iran perhaps?
Nice!!!!!
Popping Popcorn, hope it's true!!!!
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