Today marks six straight days of Hizbullah attacks on Israel\'s northern border. The security-cabinet decided this morning not to respond with a major show of force but rather to continue diplomatic efforts to achieve quiet. The terrorists responded with a barrage of fire at Israeli positions all along the northern border, including rockets at Kiryat Shmonah and Shlomi. Residents of these areas have been ordered to enter their bomb shelters, after spending much of last night there as well. A soldier was lightly wounded, and a Bedouin shepherd in the northern Golan is listed in moderate condition, as a result of today\'s Hizbullah attacks. The Golan attack was the first in that region since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Seven IDF soldiers were wounded in yesterday\'s Hizbullah attacks, in which the terrorists directed dozens of anti-tank missiles and mortar shells at IDF posts on Har Dov and Moshav Avivim. Five female soldiers were wounded in Avivim. The IDF responded with air strikes and artillery shells at Hizbullah positions inside Lebanon. In light of Hizbullah\'s sharp escalation in the north over the past week, in which over ten civilians and soldiers have been hurt, the IDF has begun activating senior reserve officers, expecting that the northern border will become another front in the current Oslo War.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon placed the blame for the attacks on Iran, stating that Iran has helped arm Hizbullah with “thousands of katyushas and hundreds of rockets.\" Sharon also noted direct Syrian and Lebanese involvement in the attacks, which \"could not be launched without their approval.\"
Seven IDF soldiers were wounded in yesterday\'s Hizbullah attacks, in which the terrorists directed dozens of anti-tank missiles and mortar shells at IDF posts on Har Dov and Moshav Avivim. Five female soldiers were wounded in Avivim. The IDF responded with air strikes and artillery shells at Hizbullah positions inside Lebanon. In light of Hizbullah\'s sharp escalation in the north over the past week, in which over ten civilians and soldiers have been hurt, the IDF has begun activating senior reserve officers, expecting that the northern border will become another front in the current Oslo War.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon placed the blame for the attacks on Iran, stating that Iran has helped arm Hizbullah with “thousands of katyushas and hundreds of rockets.\" Sharon also noted direct Syrian and Lebanese involvement in the attacks, which \"could not be launched without their approval.\"