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| Lebanese army dismantles 4 rockets near Israel |
| 2009-10-29 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] The Lebanese troops early Wednesday found and dismantled four rockets near the border with Israel, a day after a rocket hit the Jewish state, a senior Lebanese army official said. The attack Tuesday drew a rapid response from Israeli artillery in a brief flare-up across the tense border that caused no casualties. A security source in Lebanon said eight rockets fired from Israel then hit near the border village of Hula. There were no immediate reports of casualties. An Israeli military spokeswoman later confirmed that "artillery had opened fire on the sector from which the Katyusha rocket was fired." She said the army considered the attack as "serious, and considers that responsibility for it falls on the Lebanese government." The Lebanese official said the rockets, discovered on Wednesday, were placed in a building under construction in the Houla area from where Tuesday's rocket was launched. He said three of the four Katyusha rockets found were ready to be fired. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations. |
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