Rocket fire exchanged between Lebanon and Israel

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Last update - 22:38 27/10/2009
Katyusha from Lebanon strikes north Israel; no casualties
By Anshel Pfeffer and Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondents

A Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon exploded in the Upper Galilee on Tuesday evening, the first such incident since last month. Nine Katyushas have struck northern Israel since the Second Lebanon War in 2006.

The rocket hit an open field near Kiryat Shemona and caused no casualties. A Lebanese security official confirmed that the rocket was fired from the Houla village in southern Lebanon, near where the United
Nations has investigated Lebanese charges that Israel planted spy devices then subsequently exploded them last week.

There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the shooting.

The Israel Defense Forces fired artillery rounds at Houla in response to the attack, both IDF and Lebanese officials said. An IDF spokesman said that the army viewed the attack with "utmost severity," adding that Israel was holding Lebanon responsible for the incident.

Hours before the attack, Defense Minister Ehud Barak toured the north and spoke of Israel's desire to maintain the relative quiet in that area of the country.

"We have nine years of quiet in the north that were interrupted for a number of painful weeks for the Second Lebanon War," the defense minister said, referring to the month-long war against Hezbollah guerillas. "We are preparing for all other possibilities, including the possibility that they will subject the towns of the north to another test."

Kiryat Shmona resident, Avishay Sabti, said he heard a loud explosion at around 6:45 P.M on Tuesday evening. "As someone who has lived in Kiryat Shmona, I have experience in these instances," Sabti said. "I immediately took cover, but I understood after a few minutes that this was just a lone [rocket] fired."

Sabti said a siren was heard before the rocket exploded. He added that the town continues to function as it would on a normal day. There are people in the streets and the residents have not been instructed to take cover in shelters, Sabti said.

Last month, two Katyushas struck the Western Galilee, leading Israel to file a complaint with the United Nations. The Israel Defense Forces fired retaliatory artillery at southern Lebanon in reponse to the rocket fire in September, as well.

The incident in September was the first time since February that rockets had been fired from Lebanon into Israel, raising tensions along a border that remains volatile three years after a war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

Israel believes that Hezbollah has been stockpiling its weapons cache at an enormous rate since the 2006 war. Israeli estimates have put the cache between 40,000 and 80,000.


Earlier this month, a shell exploded at the home of a senior Hezbollah official. Hezbollah denied reports that the official had been killed in the blast, which Israel said proved the guerilla group to be in violation of a United Nations-brokered truce.

Not long after, a United Nations investigation into the explosions indicated that Israel may have planted spy devices on Lebanese land in what a senior UN official said would be a violation of a cease-fire agreement.

The UNIFIL peacekeeping force in Lebanon said its preliminary probe into
two explosions in the south showed they had been caused by the detonation of underground sensor devices.

The units were apparently buried by Israel Defense Forces troops during the 2006 war with the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, it said.

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I'd like to take that entire section of the planet and launch it into deep space (Israeli, Palestinian alike). I mean, this is just getting ridiculous already.

Or better yet, I'd like to leave the planet with my family and friends to a more secluded rock out there.

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Lebanon army dismantles 4 rockets aimed at Israel
By Anshel Pfeffer and Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondents, and The Associated Press

Lebanese troops found and dismantled four rockets ready for launching near the border with Israel on Wednesday, said a senior Lebanese army official.

The discovery comes one day after a Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon exploded in the Upper Galilee, marking the first such incident since last month.

The attack on Tuesday drew a rapid response from Israeli artillery in a brief flare-up across the border that caused no casualties.

The Lebanese official said the rockets were discovered Wednesday, placed in a building under construction in the Houla area from where Tuesday's rocket was launched.

He says three of the four Katyusha rockets found were ready to be fired. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations.

Opposition leader and Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni said on Wednesday morning that "Lebanon is responsible for everything that takes place in its territory." Livni told Israel Radio that Israel must send an unequivocal message that it will not accept rocket fire along its northern front.

Nine Katyushas have struck northern Israel since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, however the Lebanon-Israel border has been largely quiet since Israel and the militant Hezbollah group fought a bitter war in 2006.

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I'd like to take that entire section of the planet and launch it into deep space (Israeli, Palestinian alike). I mean, this is just getting ridiculous already.

Or better yet, I'd like to leave the planet with my family and friends to a more secluded rock out there.

I like the second part better! I mean it is not just overthere - it is everywhere!!!!
I would like to leave this planet too! Or better yet to send all these religious fanatics, greedy, dirty politicians and all the other garbage to another planet!

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this is the symbol of the mossad ,the Israeli secret intelligence agency ,
the sentence on the symbol is actually from the bible .

Proverbs 24:6
roughly translates to :
"With Cunning You Shall Wage War"
or
"In cunning and trickery you will wage war"

just like Sun Tzu recommended in his book art of war .

however some suggest that in ancient Hebrew
the word TACHBULOT is equated with tactics and strategies:
"TACHBULA - A plan of action for all possible eventualities, a strategy

so if that's true it would make it :

"With a strategy You Shall Wage War"


oh and its just half sentence the full one goes something like

"For with cunning, you should wage war, and salvation through many advisers."


interesting that in english ,different bible translations got different versions of this sentence :


<< Proverbs 24:6 >>
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory.

King James Bible
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

American King James Version
For by wise counsel you shall make your war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

American Standard Version
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.

Darby Bible Translation
For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

English Revised Version
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war: and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Webster's Bible Translation
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors there is safety.

World English Bible
for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.

Young's Literal Translation
For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors.

[Proto Profile]

So. I suppose if they wanted to use the whole biblical quote, they could have.
But, they didn't.

Instead they used either cunning or strategy, for what TO WAGE WAR!

lol you know spying often involves lies and deception
false identities ,all that dirty stuff .
you cant expect a spy to go on a mission with a sign on his head do you ?
this is symbol of the intelligence agency not the symbol of the state of Israel .

but just to make things clearer , the meaning of this verb as it perceived
in modern day Hebrew is :
when you fight a war, don't go charging with your head against the wall but be smart about it.
as opposed to what you suggest which is be cunning and start wars,
which is not the meaning by long shot .

Ever try launching a rocket off a peice of wood? Why do they have timers? Why do these rockets always seem to land in fields?

no , never tried to shot rocket off a piece of wood ,or
any other material for that matter ,how about you ?

the timers are because Israel got systems that track the launchers location as soon
as they are launched (to track them yes, to intercept the rockets no) ,and the launchers
usually destroyed right after that ,so no one wants to be there while it happens .

they not always fall in fields ,sometimes they fall inside houses ,
these are low tech set ups, they are moved with mobile transportation , off
load the launchers , aim at the general direction of israel and
get the hell out of there ,the timer takes care of the launch .

Why, with all the spying on Lebanon, that Israel has addmitted to doing, and justify. Can they not produce evidence of one single 'terrorist' planting these fire crackers?

same as above , low tech set ups that takes minutes to set .
+ guerrilla fighters often make war cunningly you know
they dont stand there like idiots scratching there butts waiting
to get blasted away , they get in set it up and poof away .

P.S. Proto. I may disagree with you. But, I do respect your opinion.

well ,that's something