ISRAEL-NORTH/ROCKETS Israel says rockets that hit northern village fired from Syria

Record ID: 143346

  • Title: ISRAEL-NORTH/ROCKETS Israel says rockets that hit northern village fired from Syria
  • Date: 20th August 2015
  • Summary: UPPER GALILEE, ISRAEL (AUGUST 20, 2015) (REUTERS) CLOUD OF SMOKE OVER BURNT FIELD FIREFIGHTER PLANE IN SKY BURNT FIELD FIREFIGHTER PLANE POURING LIQUID OVER FIELD VARIOUS OF BURNT FIELD (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF THE UPPER GALILEE REGIONAL COUNCIL, GIORA ZALTZ, SAYING: "It's a, I have to say it is unique in this area, it's the Upper Galilee. At sometime this afternoon, two hours ago, two Katyusha bombs fell in this area right behind me which is, I would say, the eastern side of the Upper Galilee and it came from Syria." FIREFIGHTER VEHICLE AT SCENE ISRAELI SECURITY AT SCENE FIREFIGHTER PLANE POURING LIQUID OVER FIELD FIRE IN FIELD
  • Embargoed: 4th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: Rockets that struck a northern Israeli village near the Lebanese border on Thursday (August 20), causing no casualties, were launched from the Syrian Golan Heights, the Israeli army said.
    The statement described an unusually long-range attack: Previous launches from within Syria, whether deliberate or stray fire from the civil war there, hit the Israeli-held Golan without reaching the Israeli interior.
    Giora Zaltz, head of the upper Galilee regional council said that two projectiles landed near a village in his region, which is on the border with Lebanon. The impact set off brush fires but caused no casualties, he said.
    "It's a, I have to say it is unique in this area, it's the Upper Galilee. At sometime this afternoon, two hours ago, two Katyusha bombs fell in this area right behind me which is, I would say, the eastern side of the Upper Galilee and it came from Syria," said Zaltz.
    In its statement, the army said a salvo of four rockets had been fired, striking the upper Galilee and Israeli-held Golan.
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