Israel responds to Lebanese rocket launch with new fire

is the second time rockets have been fired from Lebanon into Israel since hostilities began between the IDF and the Palestinian movement Hamas in Gaza. Several projectiles were fired on the evening of Monday, May 17 from southern Lebanon towards Israel. The Jewish state then responded with artillery fire, military sources in the two neighboring countries said. “There were six rocket attempts from Lebanon and (these) did not land on the territory,” the IDF said, adding that it had fired “in the direction of the launching point” in retaliation. projectiles.

In Beirut, a Lebanese military source told Agence France-Presse that “three Grad-type rockets had been fired from the area of ​​the“ Chebaa farms ”, a disputed area on the border between the two countries technically at war. According to the same Lebanese source, Israel responded with shell fire. “The situation in the area is now calm,” tweeted two hours after the UN interim force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in contact with the two countries.

An attempt to attack the country’s territorial sovereignty, according to Israel

The Lebanese Hezbollah, Israel’s sworn enemy, did not comment on these shootings or those carried out on May 13 also from southern Lebanon. The rockets fell into the sea. The Israeli army has also claimed in recent days to have spotted several people attempting, on the Lebanese side, to damage the security fence at its border. “Tsahal (the Israeli army) considers any attempt to attack Israel’s territorial sovereignty with the greatest severity and will continue to operate under cover or in the open in this area,” the army threatened in a statement.