BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 14, 2009
Israel Responds To Lebanon Rocket Fire
Israel Shells Lebanon After 2nd Rocket Attack During This Conflict, No Known Injuries
-
-
Lebanese army soldiers stand next to a rocket which fell short in Lebanon several kilometers north of the Israeli border, as the soldier in the right looks up to an Israeli warplane, near the village of el-Meri, south of Lebanon, Jan. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
-
A shell fired from an Israeli Army tank explodes over a building in the outskirts of Gaza City, as seen from the Israeli-Gaza border, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
-
An Israeli tank prepares to cross into the Gaza Strip on a combat mission, from Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Israeli troops advanced into Gaza suburbs for the first time early Tuesday, residents said, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Islamic militants that they face an "iron fist" unless they agree to Israeli terms for an end to war in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
-
Palestinian medics carry a wounded boy who according to Palestinian medical sources was injured in an Israeli strike, into Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
-
An Israeli Army soldier prepares for morning prayers next to his armoured vehicle on the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
-
-
Play CBS Video Video Israel Deploys Reserve Troops President Bush held his final news conference with a spirited defense of his policies and a look back at his mistakes. Jim Axelrod reports with commentary from political consultant Dan Bartlett.
-
Video Little Progress In Gaza Israeli forces advanced deeper into Palestinian territory and as Mark Phillips reports, the international call for cease-fire has done little to quell the violence in Gaza.
-
Video Journalists Amid Gaza Conflict Over 800 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip over the last two weeks as fighting between Israeli and Gaza intensifies. Richard Roth reports on the media coverage of this conflict.
-
Photos Israel Hammers Gaza Palestinian militants launch rocket attacks, Israel hits back hard.
Stories:
In-Depth:
Video:
- U.S. "Persistent" in Mideast Peace Push
- Clinton: Israel "Needs to do Much More"
- Palestinians: Clinton Hinders Peace Talks
- Palestinian Memo: Obama Hopes "Evaporated"
- Group: Israel Hogging West Bank Water
- Israeli Children Get Fortified Playground
- Clinton: Israeli Actions "Unhelpful"
In-Depth:
Video:
The exchange was the second since Israel launched an offensive in Gaza against Hamas on its southern flank on Dec. 27 and threatens to ignite a new front in the north.
No one was hurt after three rockets fell in open areas near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shemona, but residents were ordered into bomb shelters, Israeli police said. There was no immediate word of casualties in the retaliatory fire on Lebanon.
Hours after the initial morning exchange, three more Grad rockets that were set to be fired were discovered and dismantled by Lebanese troops, the security officials said.
Southern Lebanon has been largely quiet since the summer 2006 war between Israel and the militant Hezbollah movement - a bruising 34-day battle in which more than 1,000 people were killed in Lebanon and about 160 in Israel.
The Lebanese said several rockets were fired Wednesday from the south and at least one fell short inside Lebanon. No one claimed responsibility for them.
Israel responded by launching at least eight artillery shells at the source of the rockets near the village of Kfar Hamam. Also, Israeli helicopter gunships flew reconnaissance missions along the heavily protected border as Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers sent out patrols, Lebanese officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the press.
Residents in the region took their children out of school in fear of an escalation.
The area from where the rockets were fired is controlled by Lebanese troops and the U.N. peacekeeping force.
Last Thursday, four rockets were also fired on northern Israel from the area, but from the stretch of the border closer to the Mediterranean coastline. At that time, Israel also responded with several shells.
Lebanese and U.N. troops intensified patrols after last week's attack. Lebanese briefly detained several people after that attack but released them after it turned out they were not involved.
Speculation has focused on small militant Palestinian groups in Lebanon seeking to aid the militant Palestinian Hamas.
In related developments:
Hezbollah, the main anti-Israeli force in Lebanon which fought Israel in the 2006 war, denied responsibility for Thursday's attack, and said it did not want to be drawn into a battle with Israel. The Shiite militant group, an ally of Hamas, possesses a formidable arsenal of rockets and fired about 4,000 on Israel during the 2006 fighting.
The Lebanese government moved quickly since to try to prevent an escalation, condemning the firing of the rockets and pledging to remain committed to the 2006 U.N.-brokered truce.
Troops later discovered disused rockets during one of the patrols, and on Tuesday Defense Minister Elias Murr said army commandos have been deployed to comb southern valleys and hills for more rockets.
A spokeswoman for the 13,000-strong U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon said Wednesday the exact location of the latest firing has not been confirmed. Yasmina Bouziane said the mission, in cooperation with the Lebanese army, is currently investigating on the ground in the eastern part of the peacekeepers' sector to locate the launching site.
Southern Lebanon has for decades been used as a launching pad for rocket attacks against Israel, first by Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas in the 1960s and 1970s and in the 1980s through 2006 by Hezbollah and other factions. Israel has often retaliated with punishing raids on Lebanon and two major invasions of its northern neighbor in 1978 and 1982.
© MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
More From World
Add a Comment See all 28 Comments
- --Olmert claimed earlier this week that he humiliated Rice by persuading U.S. President Bush to instruct her not to vote for it--
He didn''t persuade Bush -- he ordered him to do it!!!! - Reply to this comment
- signtwo, Is this what you meant to post?
Islam is a religion of War and hate. And it is proven everywhere in the world.
Islam only teaches hate and oppression to everyone. many of the people from Islam are misbehaving alot which makes entire Islam bad.
Islam has always spread nothing but oppression and death. Read the Koran and you will find it is filled with so much hate for the people of all other religion.
many muslims have done terroristic things in the world. Every muslim is filled with tremendous hate for the people of every religion.
So stating anything negative about the most hateful and oppressive religious cult islam.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted by signtwo at 02:08 PM : Jan 14, 2009 - Reply to this comment
- Very well said ruger338wm . Go Israel, Put an end to HAMAS forever.
- Reply to this comment
- Muslim extremists use many English acronyms. One of them is "peace." That acronym stands for (p)ersecution, (e)xecution, and (a)ssassination by (c)utthroat (e)xtermists. The work ''Koran'' is also an acronym. It stands for (K)ill (o)thers and (r)age, (a)gainst (n)on-Muslims. They are just lovely people, aren''t they? (human garbage! Pour it on IDF. Turn Gaza into an inferno. Hizbullah is next and then the Big Enhilada, Iran!)
- Reply to this comment
- Posted by drmaqazi at 06:03 PM : Jan 14, 2009
------------
You are seriously mistaken. The God of the Bible and the god of the Quran are NOT the same. The Quran is a satanic work that is a lie from the pit of Hell. - Reply to this comment
- and here i thought hip hop was dead...
- Reply to this comment
- PEACE, LOVE AND UNITY.
LOVE YOU ALL! - Reply to this comment
- OH MANKIND!
PEACE!
HAS THE REALITY REACHED YOU?
THAT ALL LIFE SHALL TASTE THE CUP OF DEATH?
AND HAVE YOU WONDERED?
WHY YOU TALLY IN THE LAND?
INDEED YOURS AND MINE ARE A TIME APPOINTED...
SO YOU AND I MAY WORK FOR A DIGNIFIED RETURN TO OUR LORD.
WILL YOU WORSHIP THE MONEY AND WHAT IT BUYS?
WILL YOU WORSHIP YOUR TRIBE AND RACE AND WHAT THEY DICTATE?
OR WILL YOU WORSHIP ALLAH WHO CREATED YOU ONLY THAT YOU SHOULD WORSHIP HIM?
AND THAT YOU SHOULD BE GENEROUS TO THE LESS FORTUNATE.
INDEED ALLAH HAS COMMANDED LOVE AND JUSTICE...
BUT MANKIND HAS FORGOTTEN HIS OWN CREATOR..
SO HE PLOTS TO CONQOUR THE LAND...
AND IN THE END HE ONLY OCCUPIES A SMALL PEACE, SIX FEET DEEP IN THE LAND.
WILL YOU REMEMBER?
INDEED ALLAH IS FORGIVING TO THOSE THAT REMEBER THEIR PURPOSE.
PEACE! - Reply to this comment
- DO YOU HEAR THE TERRIFIED SREAM OF A CHILD?
IT IS A CRY FAR FROM YOUR PEACEFUL EXISTENCE...
WHILE YOU TYPE, AN ORDER HAS BEEN GIVEN...
AND LOUDER IS THE SREAM..
BECAUSE THE ZIONIST PLANE IS AT A NEAR DISTANCE..
MUCH MORE IS THE TERROR...
FOR, THE ORDER TO STRIKE HAS BEEN COMMANDED...
SO BOMBED IS THE PALESTINIAN FAMILY...
AND SOME OF MAY CHEER..
MAN INDEED CHEERS FOR WHAT HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF.
IN A WORLD FULL OF HUMANITARIAN LAWYERS....
IT''S THEIR SILENCE THAT TORTURES ME.
SO IAM TORTURED WITH THOSE TORTURED IN GAZA.
AND MY ONLY MESSAGE IS PEAE.
PEACE! - Reply to this comment
- OH MANKIND!
PEACE!
YOU WALK BY THE RUINS OF THE PAST GENERATIONS.
THEY WERE A PEOPLE ARROGANT AND PROUD...
MANY WHERE BUSINESS ME WITH MASTERY...
AND SOME WHERE LEADERS AMONG MEN.
GREAT SCIENTISTS THAT ENLIGHTED...
AND ARMIES ARMED TO THE TEETH.
INDEED THEY HAD PLOTTED...
NOT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT WHICH YOU PLOT..
LONG GONE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF THE PAST.
LISTEN, DO YOU HEAR THEIR WHISPER?
NAY, THEY ARE DEAD, BURRIED IN THE GROUNG.
BUT, WAIT, WE TOO ARE JOURNEYING TO THE GRAVE.
AND THEIR, JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.
AND FOR HIM WHO RPENTS,
ALLAH IS MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL.
WILL YOU STILL DENY?
PEACE! - Reply to this comment
- HAS THE GLAD TIDINGS REACHED YOU?
OF THE RETURN OF JESUS, SON OF MARY?
INDEED THE TIME IS RIPE FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF ALLAH''S PROMISE.
AND ALLAH IS EVER TRUE TO HIS PROMISE.
SO WHILE YOU FEAR, HAVE HOP THAT THE GOLDEN AGE OF HUMANITY IS NEAR.
AND WHILE YOU HOP, SPEAK OF AND WORK FOR PEACE.
PEACE1 - Reply to this comment
- BARSELLER:
PEACE!
WILL YOU SPREAD THE TRUTH OR WILL YOU CONTINUE ON THE MISGUIGED PATH?
WILL YOU SUPPORT WAR AGAINST THE INOCENT CHILD WHILE YOU SPREAD PROPAGANDA FOR NEW GROUND OF WAR?
WILL YOU STOP SOREADING TYRANNY AND CORRUPTON IN THE LAND?
YOU MAY CHOOSE TO REPENT AND RETURN TO PEACE.
ALLAH IS MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL.
PEACE! - Reply to this comment
- Islam is a religion of peace
posted by signtwo
--------
What this delusional conveniently forgets to mention is that ''peace'' in the religion of Islam means decapitation and terrorist attacks to anyone who does not swear allegiance to their god of death.
As a sovereign nation, Israel has an inherent right to defend itself.
Peace and blessings to Israel.
May it triumph and crush Hamas once and for all. - Reply to this comment
- Oh brother no easy way out in fact looks like no way out.
It just keeps getting better and better.
Once again the real demon is Religion never changes. - Reply to this comment
- I think "signtwo" is being ironic in saying that there has never been a terroristic act linked to Islam. Many who post here ought to calm down just a bit, so that they get the point that others are making.
I was encouraged by the report that Lebanese troops found other rockets waiting to be launched and dismantled them. If the Lebanese themselves and the international monitors can keep a grip on southern Lebanon, that means that Hezbollah is somewhat contained there. - Reply to this comment
- If you think this story is shocking%u2026%u2026!!! But, when a father rapes his 5 year old daughter, and the society of a whole nation covers it up, nobody cares!!! WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?
www.SurviveIran.com - Reply to this comment
- THE TROUBLE IS YOU SEE YOURSELVES AS LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES. AS JEWS AND MUSLIMS OR CHRISTIANS, AND FORGET THE REALITY OF EVERYONE OF US. THE REALITY OF OUR COMMON HUMANITY. WHEN YOU START SEEING THIS, YOU WILL BE CLOSER TO TRUTH AND JUSTICE. SO.........?
PEACE! - Reply to this comment
- JmDintpa:
PEACE!
SO YOU ARE ASKING US TO DEFEND THE MURDER OF INOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN? INDEED YOU ASK US TO COMMIT AN EVIL DID. HOPE YOU MAY LIVE LONG TO SEE THE DAY WHEN YOU WILL PROVE YOURSELF WRONG IN SUPPORTING ZIONISM. IT''S NOT ABOUT JEWS AND MUSLIMS, IT''S ABOUT PEACE AND JUSTICE. SO FEAR YOUR OWN ILLUSSIONS AND SUSPICIONS AND TRY TO RESPOND WITH VIOLENCE IN A MOMENT OF PEACE. IAM MUSLIM AND I KNOW THAT IAM NOT TO KILL AN INOCENT LIFE. AND THAT I SHOULD NOT BE SILENT WHEN A CRIME IS COMMITTED. SO DOOMED ARE THE ZIONISTS AND THEIR EVIL PLOTS. PEACE TO THE WHOLE OF MANKIND.
PEACE! - Reply to this comment
- so i do have a question for those that defend islam. WHY??? why defend a religon which has "blessed" us with 9/11, the london and madrid bombings, the attack on mumbai. why should israel attack if these thugs are lobbing missiles. listen i am about as liberal as they come but if hamas continues to fire missiles then wipe them off the face of the earth and the people who voted them to power.
- Reply to this comment
- TrapBreaker:
PEACE!
I FEEL SORRY FOR A MAN WHO TELLS A LIE TO ADVANCE SHORT TERM GAIN. A MAN THAT SPREADS PROPAGANDA TO MISLEAD MEN. INDEED HE WHO LIES IS ALSO A VICTIM OF HIS OWN LIES, BUT MOST LIARS KNOW NOT.
TrapBreaker:
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO YOUR REAL ENEMY IS, LOOK INTO YOURSELF, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU ARE INDEED FOLLOWING AN UNJUST PHILOSOPHY.
PEACE! - Reply to this comment
How gold pays for 
