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Lebanon Arrests Man In Connection To Rocket Fired At Israel
2014-07-11
[Jpost] Lebanese media says additional rockets prepared by unknown turbans to be fired toward Israel found at launching site.

Lebanese authorities reportedly tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
one person on Friday in connection to the rocket attack from Leb into Israel earlier this morning.

The Beirut-based newspaper The Daily Star, cited security forces as saying the suspect's car had blood stains that matched blood traces found at the scene where the rocket was launched. The man was reportedly injured during the attack.

According to the report, Lebanese Army Intelligence discovered more rockets intended to be used against Israel at the suspected launching pad, as they continued to search for the turbans behind the incident. Two Grad rockets
...Soviet-developed 122-mm rockets, usually launched from trucks. Newer versions are reported to have a range of up to 30 km....
were defused during the operation.

The Lebanese Army also said that some 25 artillery shells were fired from Israel at the outskirts of Kfar Shuba; no casualties were reported.

The rocket fired from Leb overnight hit a village in the Upper Galilee. There were no injuries in the attack. Artillery fire was directed at the area from which the rocket was fired, a senior army source said.

The rocket was not fired by Hezbollah but by a small radical organization in Leb, Maj.-Gen. (res). Amos Gilad, director of Political-Security Affairs at the Defense Ministry, told Channel 2.
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