The Israeli army This Saturday intercepted three projectile releases fired from Lebanonwhich sounded the anti -aircraft alarms in Metula (north, about 150 meters from the border between the two countries) for the first time in months, after this type of incidents were reduced after the high fire between Israel and the Shiite group Hizbulá.
“After the mermaids that sounded at 7.32 and 7.34 local time in Metula, The projectiles that crossed Israel from Lebanese territory were intercepted by air forces “he collected a military statement early in the morning.
They are the first rockets fired from Lebanon in monthshigh the fire between Hizbulá and Israel in this country that began on November 27. Only at the beginning of December an exchange of rocket between the Chií group and the Israeli army (which has continued to bombard the south of Lebanon and other areas frequently) broke with this dynamic.
“We will not allow the reality of shooting from Lebanon To the communities of La Galilea (in northern Israel), “the Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz replied in a statement,” we promised security to the communities of Galilee and that is exactly what will happen. “
“The Metula Law is the same law as in Beirut. The Lebanese government has the responsibility of any launch from its territory,” the minister threatened. Katz said he had instructed the army to “that he responds in accordance with a way.”
The National News Agency (ANN), He informed that Israeli forces carry out “a large -scale tracking operation using machine guns from the Hamames hill”. The hill, in Lebanese territory but near Metula, is one of the five points of Lebanon in which Israel will keep its troops indefinitely despite the initial agreement of Alto El Fuego in the country stipulated its withdrawal. In addition, “war airplanes are flying over the Eastern Lebanese sector,” said the agency.
The Chief of the Staff of the Army, Eyal Zamir, said that Israel “will severely respond to this morning’s fire.” Despite this, Israel has not changed the security guidelines for the communities of the north of the country.
The ANN assures that, before the warnings of the high Israeli commanders, the northwest of Yahmar al Shaqif, a city near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, was the objective of a bombing of Israeli artillery this morning. In addition, 10 projectiles fired by the Israeli army fell into Arnoun and Kfar Tibnit, also in the south, while three others hit the city of Jiam.
The attack is produced in a growing air pressure to Israel, with projectile launches by Yemen hutis, as well as some rocket shots from the Gaza Strip and, now, Lebanon.
In the absence of the authorship and motivation of the attack from Lebanon, the rest respond to Israel to break the fire in the Gaza Strip with an intense wave of bombing in the early hours of Tuesday.
On Friday night, a missile fired by the Hutis sounded the anti -aircraft alarms in Jerusalem, where it is unusual that they are heard, and other points in the center of Israel. Hours before, the launch of projectiles from Gaza had made them jump in Ascalón, a city close to the strip.
Hezbollah denies “any union” with attacks
Hezbolá denied Saturday in a published statement that he had “any relationship” with the launch of rockets from southern Lebanon and reiterated his commitment to the high fire backed by the United States.
Artillery and Israeli air attacks reached southern Lebanon after Israel said that he had intercepted rockets fired from the other side of the border, endangering the unstable truce that ended a one -year war between Israel and Hezbollah, backed by Iran.
Israel responds with more bombing
The Israeli army has responded to the attacks suffered in its territory Next to the border with the Lebanon in which he has intercepted missiles from his neighboring country.
In response, Israel has made bombings in the south of Lebanon, causing a dead and three injured.
