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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah rocket devastates three-story building in Haifa
2006-07-18
(KUNA) -- A three-story building collapsed Monday in the northern Israeli city of Haifa after it was hit by a Hezbollah rocket, said Israeli radio. The Israeli radio added that two were wounded and rushed to a nearby hospital, while rescue teams have been searching for more wounded people under the rubble of the collapsed building. Hezbollah continued firing rockets from Southern Lebanon on Israel, wounding six Israelis.

Meanwhile, Israel threatened to completely destroy the utilities network in Lebanon if Hezbollah attacked the petrochemicals facilities in Haifa city. A senior Israeli military official told Israeli radio that Israel avoided targeting Lebanese infrastructure; however, if Hezbollah attacked the petrochemicals plant in the Gulf of Haifa with its long-range rockets, the Israeli army would completely destroy the Lebanese power network.

The Israeli military official, whose name was not disclosed, said that Israeli army's operation in Southern Lebanon focused on Hezbollah's rockets battery locations. Israeli warplanes have executed several raids on Lebanon's power plants since July 12, the last was today as a power plant in Eastern Beirut was bombed.
Posted by:Fred

#5  They've been showing the Hezbollah Rocket Corp video on all the news networks. They have a truck mounted launcher with what looks like a dozen tubes in one horizontal row. Tubes appear to be 10 - 12 feet long. Truck looks like 10 ton size, easy to shoot and scoot.

Also caught glimpse of a man-portable single tube launcher on a tripod. Could be carried into a building and fired from a window, if you didn't care what happened to the inside of the room.

The rockets seem to be fired as single shots, rather than massed bombardment. That way makes it harder to pin down a launch site.
Posted by: Steve   2006-07-18 10:10  

#4  The missile launchers are mobile.
Posted by: 6   2006-07-18 08:12  

#3  Seems to me that missiles capable of reaching Haifa are big enough and in the air long enough that Israel ought to be able to get a very precise fix on the launch site. They (IDF) say that's their operational focus. How are they (Hezb) getting away?
Posted by: glenmore   2006-07-18 07:29  

#2  I say the Hezzies are sissies unless they focus all their rockets on the petrochemical facilities. After all, it's obvious the Joooos don't want it to happen, so it must be allen's will....
Posted by: Bobby   2006-07-18 06:31  

#1  IDF, you are being too restrained. Go for it. Take their infrastructure down ASAP. At the rate they're flooding Israel with missiles, they are bound to connect every once in a while.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-07-18 01:38  

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