Jul. 20, 2006 11:43 | Updated Jul. 20, 2006 17:00
Peretz: We won't recoil from any action
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Defense Minister Amir Peretz , touring northern cities and communities Thursday, emphasized that Israel had no intention of occupying Lebanon.
With that, Peretz said Israel would undertake any action in order to complete the mission and to bring the situation in the north to victory.
"If we come to the conclusion that a ground operation is necessary, we will do it," said the defense minister.
"Terror groups should not get the feeling that we will recoil from any sort of action," he continued.
Earlier Thursday a series of rocket attacks near Moshav Avivim on the Israeli-Lebanese border sent residents into bomb shelters on Thursday morning.
Five rockets also landed in the Upper Galilee in a renewed rocket assault from Hizbullah cells in south Lebanon. Five rockets also landed in Safed and two Katyushas fell near Tiberias. No casualties or damage were reported in any of the attacks.
Residents of Nahariya and the Galilee north of the Acre-Amiad road were instructed Thursday morning to remain indoors, inside fortified rooms or bomb shelters.
Earlier on Thursday morning, an alert siren sounded in Tiberias warning residents to remain in protected areas.
A warning siren in Haifa early Thursday appeared to be connected to rocket falls elsewhere, since there were no reports of rockets hitting the city.
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President Bush has a hard row to hoe w/this crowd. Liberal doses of fertilizer (money) meet w/expectations of even MORE More more.....
Anyword on if they got the head hezbullies in that strike?
Some mapping assets showing smaller towns, military history, and greater detail:
Small towns in N. Israel and S. Lebanon
http://www.mideastweb.org/northernisraelmap1949.htm
Small towns and road net, not as much detail, scroll and zoom
http://encarta.msn.com/map_701510667/Galilee.html
Israeli nuclear facilities
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/images/npp/israel.jpg
Interesting N. Israel tactical situation from 1948
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/arab%20israeli/arab%20israeli%20wars%20index.htm
