Terrorists targeted Israeli army bases, kibbutzim and other communities along the border. A Lebanese sniper gunned down an IDF soldier carrying out an administrative task at Kibbutz Manara.
The soldier was shot in the stomach and was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa. At last report he was listed in serious condition, according to IDF sources.
Israeli Air Force attack helicopters immediately returned fire as residents of northern communities were ordered into bomb shelters. Kibbutz Yiftach and the communities of Avivim and Shumera were hit. No injuries were reported. Hizbullah reported one of its terrorists killed.
Israel allowed northern residents to leave the shelters about two hours later, after the military accepted a cease-fire request from Lebanon. Shortly thereafter, a Katyusha reportedly fell on an abandoned building in the western Galilee town of Shlomi.
The day began with a rocket attack in which three 120mm Katyushas were fired at an IDF base near Mt. Meron, west of Tzfat. One building was significantly damaged in the attack and a 20-year-old soldier from Ariel was lightly wounded. He was taken to Sieff Hospital in Tzfat.
After the first attack, Israel Air Force jets retaliated with strikes on two sites – one terror base in the village of Sultan Yacoub, some five kilometers from the Syrian border and a second base in Nueima, a village eight kilometers south of Beirut.
Both of the bases belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command. A weapons warehouse was among the targets hit by the IAF fire. At least one PFLP terrorist was killed and six wounded in the raid, according to Israel Radio.
“Israel attacked one of our positions in the western sector of the Bekaa Valley this morning. There are damages but for now it is difficult to know how much,” said the PFLP-GC spokesman in Lebanon, according to the Associated Press.
As a result of the rocket attacks, northern Israel is on heightened alert status. No terror organization has yet claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks. Israel says it considers Lebanon responsible for all terror activity directed against Israel from within its borders.
IDF Northern Command officials say that Hizbullah and other terrorist organizations continually attempt to perpetrate large-scale attacks against Israeli soldiers and citizens in the north. Hizbullah chieftain Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says his organization will continue to attack Israel.
This morning's attacks may have been a terrorist reminder of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon almost exactly six years ago. On May 24, 2000, Israel completed the withdrawal of IDF forces from what it called the "security zone" in southern Lebanon.
The withdrawal was recognized by the United Nations and the international community, but Hizbullah continues to demand that the IDF also leave the Mt. Dov area, also known as the Shab’a Farms. Israeli forces at Mt. Dov serve as a frontline defense against terrorist infiltrations into Israel.
The soldier was shot in the stomach and was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa. At last report he was listed in serious condition, according to IDF sources.
Israeli Air Force attack helicopters immediately returned fire as residents of northern communities were ordered into bomb shelters. Kibbutz Yiftach and the communities of Avivim and Shumera were hit. No injuries were reported. Hizbullah reported one of its terrorists killed.
Israel allowed northern residents to leave the shelters about two hours later, after the military accepted a cease-fire request from Lebanon. Shortly thereafter, a Katyusha reportedly fell on an abandoned building in the western Galilee town of Shlomi.
The day began with a rocket attack in which three 120mm Katyushas were fired at an IDF base near Mt. Meron, west of Tzfat. One building was significantly damaged in the attack and a 20-year-old soldier from Ariel was lightly wounded. He was taken to Sieff Hospital in Tzfat.
After the first attack, Israel Air Force jets retaliated with strikes on two sites – one terror base in the village of Sultan Yacoub, some five kilometers from the Syrian border and a second base in Nueima, a village eight kilometers south of Beirut.
Both of the bases belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command. A weapons warehouse was among the targets hit by the IAF fire. At least one PFLP terrorist was killed and six wounded in the raid, according to Israel Radio.
“Israel attacked one of our positions in the western sector of the Bekaa Valley this morning. There are damages but for now it is difficult to know how much,” said the PFLP-GC spokesman in Lebanon, according to the Associated Press.
As a result of the rocket attacks, northern Israel is on heightened alert status. No terror organization has yet claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks. Israel says it considers Lebanon responsible for all terror activity directed against Israel from within its borders.
IDF Northern Command officials say that Hizbullah and other terrorist organizations continually attempt to perpetrate large-scale attacks against Israeli soldiers and citizens in the north. Hizbullah chieftain Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says his organization will continue to attack Israel.
This morning's attacks may have been a terrorist reminder of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon almost exactly six years ago. On May 24, 2000, Israel completed the withdrawal of IDF forces from what it called the "security zone" in southern Lebanon.
The withdrawal was recognized by the United Nations and the international community, but Hizbullah continues to demand that the IDF also leave the Mt. Dov area, also known as the Shab’a Farms. Israeli forces at Mt. Dov serve as a frontline defense against terrorist infiltrations into Israel.