{"id":88221,"date":"2021-08-04T17:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=88221"},"modified":"2021-08-04T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T12:33:16","slug":"12-05-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=88221","title":{"rendered":"Rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel, IDF responds with artillery fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jpost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/rocket-sirens-sound-in-golan-heights-675807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel, IDF responds with artillery fire<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ANNA AHRONHEIM, TZVI JOFFRE <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The IDF responded shortly after the rocket fire, with tank fire towards the launch site.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_JD_ArticleMainImageFaceDetect\/480826\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Site where a rocket fell near Kiryat Shmona, August 4, 2021 \/ (photo credit: ERAN LAPEL\/MAGEN DAVID ADOM)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The IDF struck along the entire Lebanese border on Wednesday afternoon after three rockets were fired towards the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona and the communities of Kfar Giladi and Tel Hai at around noon, sending thousands to bomb shelters. Magen David Adom emergency services said they treated four people for anxiety attacks following the rocket fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The IDF said it identified three launches from Lebanon. One failed and fell inside Lebanese territory, while two others hit open areas inside Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RAW FOOTAGE: 3 rockets were just fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel. 2 rockets landed in Israel, and 1 fell inside Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>In response, our artillery forces fired into Lebanon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sf3754RqRU\">pic.twitter.com\/Sf3754RqRU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/1422857842843869186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Shortly afterwards the IDF retaliated with artillery shells towards the launch sites. Some six artillery shells were fired by the IDF towards an open area in Lebanon located north of Metula, according to Hezbollah-affiliated reporter Ali Shoaib.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The military later carried out large-scale retaliation across the entire border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Following the rocket fire, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) released a statement saying that they had received reports of rocket fire from Lebanon towards Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cUNIFIL\u2019s Head of Mission and Force Commander, Maj.-Gen. Stefano Del Col, was in immediate contact with the parties. He urged them to cease fire and to exercise maximum restraint to avoid further escalation, especially on this solemn anniversary,\u201d the statement read, adding that \u201cUNIFIL remains fully engaged with the parties through our liaison and coordination channels and we are working with the Lebanese Armed Forces to ensure immediate follow up on the ground and to reinforce security along the Blue Line.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Though the city of Kiryat Shmona said it had opened bomb shelters, the military said that there was no change in instructions and that residents near the border could continue with their daily routines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_Article2016_ControlFaceDetect\/480829\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz were updated about rocket fire from Lebanon while in the Knesset plenum.August 4, 2021. (SCREENSHOT KNESSET CHANNEL).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like an impact outside the city <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dx4YSuonFp\">pic.twitter.com\/Dx4YSuonFp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAhronheim\/status\/1422850599104786437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Gantz also conducted a situational analysis with Kohavi, head of the Political-Military Bureau at the Defense Ministry Zohar Palti, head of the IDF&#8217;s Operations Directorate Oded Besiok and head of IDF Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Tamir Heiman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Gantz ordered that a strict message be sent to UNIFIL concerning the rocket fire, his office said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It is still unclear who fired the rockets early but it is believed to be the same Palestinian militants who\u2019ve fired close to a dozen rockets since May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">While Hezbollah has full control in south Lebanon, the Shiite terror group is not suspected to be behind any rocket fire. The group is believed to have nevertheless given tacit consent to the group to fire towards Israel.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">Twice this week, the IDF fired flares along the border with Lebanon after suspicions of infiltrations were reported along the border fence. No infiltrations into Israeli territory were identified in either incident.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">Three weeks ago two rockets were fired towards Israel, setting off incoming rocket sirens in communities along the border including Rosh Hanikra, Shlomi, Kabri and Hanita. One rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and the other struck an open field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Gantz said at the time that Lebanon was responsible for the rocket fire.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe one responsible for the night shooting is the Lebanese state, which allows terrorist acts from inside its territory. The State of Israel will act in the face of any threat to its sovereignty and its citizens and will respond in accordance with its interests, at the relevant time and place,\u201d he warned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In May, during Operation Guardian of the Walls, a dozen rockets were fired into Israel from the same area in Lebanon, causing several people to be injured while running for shelter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For the first time since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, incoming rocket sirens were activated in the southern Galilee region, as well as the Haifa suburbs of Kiryat Bialik and Kiryat Motzkin after four rockets were fired.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">The IDF fired back toward the source of the rocket launch in Lebanon with some 22 tank and artillery shells.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Several days earlier, six rockets were fired from Rashaya Al Foukhar, north of Kfar Choub in southern Lebanon. All fell short of the border and landed inside Lebanese territory and the IDF fired back toward the source of the rocket launch in Lebanon with some 22 tank and artillery shells.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In a recent interview, Col. Raz Haimlich, Commander of the Artillery Corps Fire Brigade 411th \u201cKeren\u201d Battalion, told The Jerusalem Post that with the Lebanese economy in free-fall, the IDF is concerned that there may be an increase of incidents along its northern border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe Lebanese economy is not good, and that can lead to things happening on the border,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is set to deliver a speech on Saturday evening to mark the anniversary of the Second Lebanon War.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">The rocket fire also comes as tensions remain high in the region after an Israeli-managed tanker was targeted by an Iranian drone strike, killing a British and a Romanian civilian. Officials from the United States, Israel and the United Kingdom have warned that they will respond to the attack. Iran denies any involvement in the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On Tuesday, a tanker was hijacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, with the hijackers leaving the vessel on Wednesday.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wednesday also marks one year since the explosion at the Beirut Port, in which over 200 people were killed and thousands were wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel, IDF responds with artillery fire ANNA AHRONHEIM, TZVI JOFFRE The IDF responded shortly after the rocket fire, with tank fire towards the launch site. 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