Fire on the Gaza Strip. Photo:EPA
The World Daily | News Desk MAY 18th 2021
Six rockets were fired from Lebanon in the direction of Israel late Monday evening, the Israeli army said. However, the missiles did not manage to get to the other side of the border. According to Reuters, the shelling does not seem to signal the opening of a new front in the latest instalment of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Tel Aviv said that in response to a rocket attack from Lebanon, Israeli "artillery forces fired at the sites from which the rockets were launched." Lebanese security sources said Israeli missiles landed in Lebanon.
There are no reports of casualties or damage. The Lebanese fire caused Israeli alarm sirens to sound near the Misgaw Am kibbutz, along Israel's northern border with Lebanon.
Fire on the Gaza Strip. Photo:EPA
United Nations forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced the introduction of increased patrols. UNIFIL added on Twitter that the situation in the region was under control and that the head of mission remained in touch with the parties to the conflict.
Another fire from Lebanon
As Reuters writes, the shelling does not seem to signal the opening of a new front in the latest instalment of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This was the second attack from Lebanon in the last week. Three rockets were launched from there towards northern Israel on Thursday but landed in the Mediterranean Sea without causing any damage or casualties. A Reuters agency source in the Lebanese security forces said the rockets were fired from the Qlaileh area, south of the port city of Tire.
In 2006, Israel waged war against Lebanese Hezbollah fighters who had taken over southern Lebanon and had advanced missiles at their disposal. Since then, however, the situation at the border has been quiet. Israel has been shelled sporadically by small Palestinian groups operating in Lebanon.
