New York Times | Rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel USA TODAY JERUSALEM (AP) — Rockets from Lebanon struck northern Israel Sunday, causing no injuries but sparking an Israeli reprisal shelling in a rare flare-up between the two countries. Residents of the northern Israel town of Kiryat Shmona awoke to a pair of ... Rocket Fire From Lebanon Prompts Shelling by Israel Rockets from Lebanon smash down in Israel; IDF returns fire Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artillery strike |
BBC News | Saudis Pledge $3 Billion to Support Lebanon's Army Wall Street Journal BEIRUT—Saudi Arabia pledged $3 billion to bolster Lebanon's armed forces, in a challenge to the Iranian-allied Hezbollah militia's decadeslong status as Lebanon's main power broker and security force. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman revealed the ... Saudi Arabia 'to give Lebanon army $3bn grant' Saudi to give Lebanon $3B to strengthen army Saudi Arabia gives Lebanon $3bn to bolster military |
NPR (blog) | Years Of Turmoil Weigh On Beirut As Syria Strains Lebanon NPR (blog) As satellite trucks were pulling up to the site of a massive car bomb in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, Jihad Kalaajii was quietly salvaging what he could from his antique shop, loading 300-year-old framed calligraphy and volumes of Islamic ... Mohammad Shatah's open letter to Hassan Rouhani Lebanon On Edge As Tensions Erupt At Bomb Victims' Funerals Funeral Turnout Shows Lebanon's Ebbing Morale |
Rockets from Lebanon land in northern Israel CBS News United Nations UNIFIL soldiers patrol the area after 20 the shells were fired by the Israeli army into southern Lebanon, near Rashaya al-Fukhar on December 29, 2013, without causing any damage. The barrage came after the Israeli military said it had ... |
BBC News | Mohamad Chatah killing targets potential Lebanon PM BBC News With every assassination in Lebanon, and there have been too many, the list of possible culprits in the minds of the Lebanese is usually limited to two possibilities, determined by your political leanings: Syria or Israel and their respective allies in ... Mourners salute Lebanon politician killed in bombing Lebanon holds funeral for slain ex-minister Lebanon's Mohamad Chatah -- US friend, Hezbollah foe -- killed in blast |
Rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon early Sunday Fox News JERUSALEM – Rockets from Lebanon struck northern Israel Sunday, causing no injuries but sparking an Israeli shelling reprisal in a rare flare-up between the two states. Residents of the northern Israel town of Kiryat Shmona awoke to a pair of large ... |
Israel fires artillery shells into Lebanon after rockets fall Washington Post Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Israeli forces responded with “massive shelling toward the launch area,” and he warned that if rocket fire from Lebanon continued, the Israelis “will use even greater force.” TOPSHOTS Four persons posing for ... |
Rockets Fired from Lebanon Hit Israel Ahead of Diplomatic Push Voice of America At the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will not allow cross-border attacks to pass quietly, and the government and army of Lebanon will be held responsible. Netanyahu accused Lebanon of failing to ... |
Rocket fired from Lebanon sparks Israeli retaliation Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM -- In the first border flare-up of its kind in four months, a Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel on Sunday, triggering a heavy artillery barrage from Israeli forces in response. No casualties were immediately reported ... |
Army finds rocket launch pads used against Israel The Daily Star U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon confirmed the two attacks, saying the peacekeeping force's Commander Maj. Gen. Paolo Serra was immediately in contact with both sides and urged the parties to exercise maximum restraint in order to prevent any escalation ... |