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Hezbollah denies firing Katyusha into north Israel
By Jack Khoury and Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies
Tags: Israel News, Lebanon, rocket 

Hezbollah on Saturday denied having fired a rocket from Lebanon that hit northern Israel earlier in the day, lightly wounding two people.

Ibrahim Mussawi, a spokesman for the militant organization, told AFP that Hezbollah had "nothing to do" with the attack, which was launched from a region largely controlled by Hezbollah and its Amal party ally.

Three other people were treated for shock after the attack, and a house was damaged, the Israel Defense Forces said.
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During the IDF's punishing offensive against Hamas in Gaza last month, three Katyusha rockets were fired into northern Israel within a week, hitting Nahariya and Kiryat Shmona.

Hezbollah, which has a large rocket arsenal, was behind the two rocket attacks. In both cases, the organization used proxy Palestinian militant groups to launch the rockets from southern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, a Lebanese security source in Beirut said Israel had responded by firing at least six artillery shells into southern Lebanon.

The IDF Spokesperson's Office later said Israel held the Lebanese government and the Lebanese army accountable.

The rocket exploded a few meters from a house, where a 20-year-old was lightly wounded in her sleep.

"Shattered glass was scattered all over the house," her father said. "Not a single window pane remained intact."

The leader of the local council said that the incident came "out of the blue."

Because of the stormy weather, he said, some people thought that the explosion was a thunder.

The Lebanese source, asking not to be identified, said: "Two rockets were fired from the area of Mansouri, south of Tyre, towards the direction of Israel."

"One of these rockets landed [within Lebanese territory]. The other rocket's location has not been determined," said the source.

No one claimed responsibility for the rocket firing.

A statement from Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's office said Lebanon was committed to implementing UN Security Council resolution 1701 which ended a month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in 2006.

He said the attack threatened the area's stability and condemned Israel's artillery fire.

"Prime Minister Siniora [said] the rockets launched from the south threaten security and stability in this region and are a violation of resolution 1701, and these issues are rejected, condemned and denounced... Israeli artillery [fire is an] inexcusable violation of Lebanese sovereignty," the statement said.


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      1.   An indication for the "stormy days" that are waiting for..... 10:19  |  Swiss (Dino) 21/02/09
      2.   A taste of things to come 10:25  |  Yonatan 21/02/09
      3.   Fire one Katyusha back! 10:30  |  Robert 21/02/09
      4.   Hizbolah now ? 10:30  |  GA 21/02/09
      5.   Fire one Katyusha back! 10:33  |  Robert 21/02/09
      6.   TOO SCARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10:38  |  DAVID 21/02/09
      7.   #6 DAVID, YOUR 2 WORDS EXPLAINED THE SOURCE OF PALS SUFFERING... 13:57  |  MOSHEH 21/02/09
      8.   hizbollah 14:12  |  Brian 21/02/09
      9.   It`s Probably Not Hezbollah 14:16  |  Jeff Northridge 21/02/09
      10.   In response to GA in London - about their god 14:24  |  Johnny 21/02/09
      11.   Rockets on Northern Israel 14:57  |  Luis M. Fuentes 21/02/09
      12.   Lebanon firing rockets 15:03  |  Carole 21/02/09
      13.   Rockets; Out of the blue - nothing new from our lovely neighbors 15:15  |  Avi 21/02/09
      14.   swiss dino - you are right 15:25  |  Arie 21/02/09
      15.   What?Silence from Hass and Levy? 15:27  |  Arie 21/02/09
      16.   #4 15:27  |  wissam 21/02/09
      17.   #10 15:35  |  hat 21/02/09
      18.   Another Israeli act of aggression 15:40  |  Dan 21/02/09
      19.   inexcusable violation of Lebanese sovereignty 16:43  |  Akiva P 21/02/09
      20.   Low Level Violence 16:46  |  Ron 21/02/09
      21.   Probably true 16:51  |  Mark Lincoln 21/02/09
      22.   To #18 Dan - I agree 100% 17:01  |  Arie 21/02/09
      23.   Hezballah`s dance 17:03  |  Tzfonit 21/02/09
      24.   I would hope that Hezbollah is not this stupid 18:28  |  Cliss 21/02/09
      25.   Who cares? 18:46  |  peter 21/02/09
      26.   swiss 18:50  |  arik 21/02/09
      27.   Hezbollah 20:55  |  Steve 21/02/09
      28.   Swiss (Dino) 20:55  |  michhell 21/02/09
      29.   Don`t go there Lebanon 20:56  |  julie 21/02/09
      30.   Israel continues to violate resolution 1701. Lebanon overflights! 21:21  |  Maureen Ann 21/02/09
      31.   Sounds like an Israeli black flag op to me 21:44  |  Kiwi girl 21/02/09
      32.   Sick puppy 22:24  |  Yuda 21/02/09
      33.   Oh yeah ..... Narsallah wants to make nice 22:33  |  allang 21/02/09
      34.   To Maureen Ann the hypocrite 22:56  |  Urani Diot 21/02/09
      35.   MAUREEN IAF would not have to overfly if Lebanon honored 1701 23:13  |  PETER SM 21/02/09
      36.   Hypocrisy, anyone? 23:35  |  Yuda 21/02/09
      37.   1701 is not an issue, Ms Objectivity#30 23:46  |  Sceptic 21/02/09
      38.   Maybe Israelis Should Start Firing Rockets??? 23:50  |  Baruch Gold 21/02/09
      39.   Hezbanon govt accountable 23:53  |  jed 21/02/09
      40.   Hezbollah orders,..... Amal fires. 00:06  |  Stephen. 22/02/09
      41.   #9.Jeff Northridge. 00:37  |  Stephen. 22/02/09
      42.   Did I miss something? 01:17  |  Colin Wright 22/02/09
      43.   #37 Kiwi girl ...... great bimbo logic 01:37  |  allang 22/02/09
      44.   Northern dummies! 02:17  |  rigma 22/02/09
      45.   Hezboland unsafe for Hezboids ? 02:45  |  Brutus 22/02/09
      46.   Diaper Ann has opined again 03:10  |  Malach HaMavet 22/02/09
      47.   WHERE IS UNIFIL in all this? Other than"behaving" for protection 03:31  |  PETER SM 22/02/09
      48.   # 37 Kiwi girl ...... great bimbo logic 03:33  |  allang 22/02/09
      49.   Oh yeah ..... Narsallah wants to make nice 03:37  |  allang 22/02/09
      50.   Stephen # 36 Unit 1800 04:00  |  Jeff Northridge 22/02/09
      51.   Dancing with an angel ! 04:01  |  Antoine de BUSTROS 22/02/09
      52.   Hezbollah: The Eskimos did it ! 04:02  |  Bennie 22/02/09
      53.   peter in montreal 04:25  |  potobac 22/02/09
      54.   Israel continues....yada yada yada 07:59  |  Fido 22/02/09
      55.   Who cares who fired the Katyusha? 08:42  |  Maurice 22/02/09
      56.   Dan`s view 10:45  |  Al 22/02/09
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