Lebanese media reported Tuesday that the country's army was able to foil a rocket attack on Israel's north.
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Six rockets were fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel on Monday night but fell short of crossing the border, the Israeli military said. The IDF fired at "the sources of the launches" in Lebanon in response.
Arab media reports said that Lebanese forces located the launchers used on Monday, and a seventh rocket was found on the premises, ready to be fired. The projectile was neutralized, the report said.
A Lebanese security source said Tuesday that shells were heard being fired from south Lebanon and efforts were being made to identify the location. The source said about 22 shells were fired by Israeli artillery on Lebanese territory.
6 rockets were just fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel, all of which fell inside Lebanon.
In response, our artillery forces fired toward the sources of the launches.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 17, 2021
Reports in Lebanon said the rocket fire was the work of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command.
The incident prompted the IDF Home Front Command to order localities in northern Israel to open all public bomb shelters in a radius of up to 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the border, although it did not issue residents any special instructions restricting movement over security concerns at this time.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said it had detected rocket fire from around Rashaya Al Foukhar in southern Lebanon.
"UNIFIL head was immediately in contact with counterparts in the Lebanese army and IDF commands urging the parties to exercise maximum restraint in order to prevent any escalation of the situation. The IDF has now stopped the fire," the mission wrote on Twitter. "The situation in the area is now calm."
On Monday 17 May at around 1130pm, UNIFIL detected firing of rockets from general area of Rashaya Al Foukhar north of Kfar Chouba in s. Lebanon. Immediately after we were also informed by the parties.
IDF returned artillery fire directed at location from where rockets originated.— UNIFIL (@UNIFIL_) May 17, 2021
There were no reports of casualties or damage, and the shelling did not appear to signal the opening of a new front in Israel's fighting with terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
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