Jerusalem: The Israeli Air Force said that it carried out his first air strike on Lebanese neighbors in seven years following the second day of rocket fires across the border.
Lebanon condemns strikes as “escalation” which can mark changes in tactics by Israel, while UN peacekeepers urge restraints.
“Previously today (Thursday), rockets were fired from Lebanon to Israeli region,” Israeli Air Force tweeted.
“In response …
Jet combat crashed into the launch site and infrastructure used for terror in Lebanon where the rocket was launched.” Additional targets in areas where rockets have been launched in the past were also beaten.
“The Israeli plane routinely attacked the target of Palestinian militants in Gaza and suspected the target of Hezbollah or Iran in Syria but this was the first time since 2014 that they had reached the target in Lebanon, the Air Force confirmed.
Al-Manar Lebanon television, was run by the Shiite militant group Strong, Hezbollah, the word Israeli aircraft conducted two strikes around 12:40 (2145 GMT) outside the city of Mahmudiya, about 11 kilometers (seven miles) from the border.
The Lebanese National News Office also reported a strike but provided several details.
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Michel Aoun said “the use of the Israeli Air Force to target Lebanon Village is the first of its kind since 2006, and suggested the intention to increase the attack” against Lebanon.
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The last RPlanes hit the Lebanon area near the border with Syria in 2014, but they have not targeted South Lebanese Fortress Hizbullah Since militants against Yan’s conflict G destroyed Israel in 2006.
Thursday was the second day that reported Rocket fire from Lebanon.
Three rockets were fired on Wednesday, two of them reached Israel, striking near the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, where four people were treated for “stress symptoms”.
Responding to the attack, the Israeli army carried out three rounds of opening Lebanon retaliation.
It triggered several brush fire in dry-dry conditions but there were no victims’ reports.
The Lebanese army said 92 artillery shells fired by Israel landed in South Lebanon after Wednesday’s rocket fire.
It was said to be investigating who fired a rocket.
The exchange came when thousands of Lebanese people who were hit by sadness marked the first warning of the Dahsyat explosion in Port Beirut which killed at least 214 people and demeaned the nation’s soul grated.
The government at that time resigned in the face of a wave of popular anger but a year later, despite the destruction of the deteriorating economy, there was no replacement administration that had been formed.
Israel has warned repeatedly that it will not allow the emptiness of power in Beirut to damage security on the northern border.
The military said it “looked at the Lebanese state responsible for all actions from their territory, and warned further efforts to endanger Israeli civilians and Israeli sovereignty”.
Unifil UN peace heater, which has been deployed in Lebanon since 1978 and has patrolled the border since the 2006 conflict, called for the restraint from all parties.
“Head of Commander of the Mission and Forced Unifil, General General Stefano del Col, immediately made contact with the parties,” Force said in Wednesday’s statement.
“He urged them to stop fires and do the maximum restraints to avoid further escalation, especially on this serious warning.” It is very important to recover immediate stability so that UNIFIL can start an investigation.
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Israel did the first Lebanese strike in seven years
