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Rockets fired from south Lebanon towards Israel
Reuters ^ | Saturday, August 23, 2014 | Reporting by Sylvia Westall in Beirut and Ori Lewis in Jerusalem; Editing by Robin Pomeroy

Posted on 08/24/2014 9:26:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

At least two rockets were fired on Saturday from southern Lebanon towards Israel, Lebanon's national news agency and security sources said, without saying who had launched them. The news agency NNA, citing its correspondent in Tyre, said the rockets were fired towards "occupied territories" and that the Lebanese army had encircled the suspected launch area. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Last month militants in Lebanon fired into Israel on at least three occasions and in the past a group linked to al Qaeda has claimed rocket attacks. Israel's military and police said at least one rocket fired from Lebanon landed in northern Israel close to the town of Acre on the Mediterranean coast. One rocket hit a building in the Western Galilee region close to the Lebanese border, Israeli media said. There were no reports of casualties. The firing has coincided with rocket launches by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. The rocket launches from Lebanon have occasionally provoked Israeli retaliation across a border which has largely been quiet since a war in 2006.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Israel; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: egypt; hezbollah; iran; israel; lebanon; lebanonrockets; russia; sinai; syria

1 posted on 08/24/2014 9:26:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Lebanese soldiers have been getting kidnapped by various militias. Their captors demand the Hizzies remove from Lebanon.

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2 posted on 08/24/2014 9:27:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe those rockets are carrying mail or candy or... We shouldn’t jump to conclusions.


3 posted on 08/24/2014 9:33:52 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Glad I’m not living in Israel!
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4 posted on 08/24/2014 9:34:05 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: hal ogen; editor-surveyor

:’)


5 posted on 08/24/2014 10:27:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Sounds like Lebanese have had just about enough of the shenanigans.


6 posted on 08/24/2014 10:44:39 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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ph


7 posted on 08/24/2014 10:53:53 AM PDT by xone
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To: hal ogen

I suspect candy... I mean it’s for the children, afterall.


8 posted on 08/24/2014 11:50:00 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

To a muzzie, children are merely battle shields, and vehicles to carry bombs.
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9 posted on 08/24/2014 3:12:17 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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