Israel Responds to Attack, Fires at Lebanon
Israel Responds to Attack, Fires at Lebanon
Following a rocket strike on the north side of the country, Israel has attacked southern Lebanon in retaliation.
From The Wall Street Journal. Israel fired artillery shells into southern Lebanon after militants there launched a rocket into northern Israel, the Israeli military said, opening a new front in current Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
The Israeli military said the rocket landed in an open area near a small kibbutz, causing no injuries. The military said that in response, it targeted the source of the launch and an unspecified infrastructure with artillery fire early Monday. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no injuries were reported in Lebanon.
Israeli officials said they believed that a faction of Palestinian militants based in Lebanon launched the rocket, but couldn’t be certain. Israel says a number of Palestinian militant groups operate in southern Lebanon, where the powerful Lebanese militant and political group Hezbollah has tight control….
Gaza’s ruling faction, Hamas, and other militant groups in the Gaza striphave been threatening to attack Israel over near-daily clashes last week between Israeli police and Palestinians at Al Aqsa Mosque compound. No group has claimed responsibility for the recent rocket fire from Gaza into Israel….
Mr. Kochav said Israel’s artillery fire into southern Lebanon was a message to those Palestinian groups and Hezbollah that “we won’t allow Israeli sovereignty to be violated….”
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(Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal. Photo Credit: Taylor Brandon on Unsplash)
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Lord, Israel has been a constant target since You gave them the land after coming out of Egypt, and in Your great grace and mercy You have never changed Your heart or Your. mind towards them. I ask Lord that You will protect and preserve the Jewish people, the apple of Your eye and thwart the plans of the enemy, in Jesus precious name,