The launch of rockets from the Lebanese side, still without claiming, has provoked the response in the form of artillery bursts by the Israeli Army
Does 17 years that Israeli-Lebanese border it didn’t look like that. He rocket launch from south lebanon has been answered with fire from the Israeli side this Holy Thursday. Its about more intense exchange on the border between the two enemy countries since the last war that confronted them in the 2006. Israeli media claim that two people They have been injured when they were hit by shrapnel, along with thousands of others who were running to hide in anti-aircraft shelters. Prime Minister’s Office, Benjamin Netanyahuhas announced that the high-level security cabinet will meet tonight.
During the afternoon of Thursday, thousands of Jews celebrate in Israel the jewish passover while the Christian community in Lebanon prepares the beginning of the Easter. These designated dates have been interrupted by the “multiple rocket launches from southern Lebanon towards Israel & rdquor ;, as reported in a statement by the United Nations forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL, for its acronym in English). In response, the Israeli Army has informed UNIFIL that it had “activated its defense system iron dome”. “The current situation is extremely serious& rdquor ;, have affirmed the international troops.
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On the Lebanese side, no immediate casualties have been reported after a artillery burst hit the south of the country. For now, no one has claimed the initial launch of rockets that has caused the greatest escalation in the skies since the 2006 war. This border is a focus of constant tension between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shiite militia that controls much of southern Lebanon. This first aggression comes at a time of special violence in israelafter Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinians praying in the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan.
In turn, the militant groups of the Gaza Strip have released rockets along the border with Israel. It is precisely from there that reactions have come from the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad. A spokesman has described the rocket fire as “a heroic operation against the Israeli crimes at the Al Aqsa Mosque”. Several Lebanese media have also reported that the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas who rules the enclave, ismail haniyeh, arrived in Beirut this Wednesday. Faced with this escalation, Netanyahu has convened his security cabinet for the first time in two months. The meeting will take place after a assessment that the prime minister is expected to hold with defense officials in the midst of the legislative recess for Pesach, the Jewish Passover.