Rocket Fired from Lebanon Prompts Israeli Barrage !

• Will we see another war between Lebanon and Israel? Nobody can say for certain. But it definitely will not be a surprise seeing the build up of forces along the border and the rising tension over the temple mount. Yahoo News reports :
   
  A Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday night without causing casualties, prompting Israel to retaliate with artillery, sources on both sides said. The attack, which was not immediately claimed, was the latest incident in growing cross-border tensions, and an Israeli military spokeswoman laid ultimate blame on the Beirut government.
   
  The rocket landed in open ground east of the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona and started a fire but caused no serious damage, sources there said. A security source in Lebanon said eight rockets fired from Israel then hit near the border village of Hula. There were no immediate reports of casualties. At about the same time, witnesses in Kiryat Shmona said Israeli artillery retaliated by firing on southern Lebanon. An Israeli military spokeswoman later confirmed that “artillery had opened fire on the sector from which the Katyusha rocket was fired.”
   
  She said the army considered the attack as “serious, and considers that responsibility for it falls on the Lebanese government.” UN peacekeeping troops and the Lebanese army cut off the road to Hula and searched the area…
   
• See also:
   
  Temple Mount Tensions Rising! Conflicts Escalating!?
  Israel Increasing Military Build-Up Near Lebanon!
  Professor Weiss: Build Third Temple Immediately! Clashes Ignite Over Al-Aqsa Mosque!

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