LEBANON: Israeli forces investigate explosion near border with Lebanon, amid heightened tensions in the region over Syria's civil war

Record ID: 397791

  • Title: LEBANON: Israeli forces investigate explosion near border with Lebanon, amid heightened tensions in the region over Syria's civil war
  • Date: 27th May 2013
  • Summary: KAFR KILA, LEBANON (MAY 27, 2013) (REUTERS) VIEW OF METULA, ISRAEL, AS SEEN FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON MILITARY VEHICLES ON ROAD NEAR BORDER VARIOUS OF U.N. TROOPS PATROLLING AREA
  • Embargoed: 11th June 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Lebanon
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVADANES0D58N3KGIXO6H7R9XIIL
  • Story Text: A rocket was fired from south Lebanon towards Israel on Sunday (May 26), Lebanese security sources said, and residents of a northern Israeli town reported hearing a blast.
    An Israeli military spokeswoman said an explosion was heard and that soldiers were searching the area. She added the cause was still being investigated.
    A second Israeli military source said the explosion was probably caused by a mortar.
    The incident came amid heightened tensions in the region over Syria's civil war. Damascus has said it will respond to Israeli air strikes earlier this month against suspected Iranian missiles in Syria destined for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
    The rocket launch could be heard from the Lebanese town of Marjayoun, about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the Israeli border, residents in the Lebanese town said.
    Earlier on Sunday, two rockets were fired into a Shi'ite district of southern Beirut after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah pledged his Shi'ite Muslim guerrilla group would fight in Syria until victory for President Bashar al-Assad.
    Assad is battling a two-year rebellion in which the United Nations says at least 80,000 people have been killed.
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