Israeli warplanes attack 'terror site' near Lebanese capital

By Lawahez Jabari and Ian Johnston, NBC News

 

TEL AVIV -- Israeli warplanes attacked a “terror site” south of Lebanese capital Beirut Friday, Israeli officials said, in their first air raid on the area since the 2006 war.
The attack was launched after militants fired four rockets into northern Israel Thursday. One of the missile was intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system and there were no reports of any injuries.
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, said the rocket attack was a “blatant breach in Israeli sovereignty that jeopardized Israeli civilian life.”
“Israel will not tolerate terrorist aggression originating from Lebanese territory. The IDF will continue to operate to safeguard the State of Israel and its civilians,” he said in an emailed statement.

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An Israeli soldier inspects the damage caused by a rocket fired from Lebanon into the Gesher Haziv kibbutz in northern Israel Thursday.

 

The statement said the Israeli pilots reported direct hits on the “terror site” between Beirut and Sidon.