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Hizbullah bombards Shebaa in retaliation of an Israeli attack
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/23/2005
The Lebanese Hizbullah party announced that its fighters fired shelling at targets for the Israeli occupation army in Shebaa farms to the south of Lebanon. This was in retaliation to "one Israeli aggression."
This is. However, is considered the second confrontation of its kind between the two sides during this month.
In a statement on Saturday, the party said they fired ten shelling at a target for the occupation army in Rweisat al-Alam area "using appropriate weapons and this resulted in injuring ten persons." The statement said that the bombardment came one hour after the occupation soldiers opened fire from "an artillery" at several houses close to the area and this resulted in material damages in five houses.
The Israeli army retaliated to the bombardment by a raid at the surrounding of al-Habareyah town facing the Shebaa farms in south Lebanon.
The spokesman for the Israeli army alleged that the soldiers fired several warning bullets in air when they saw several shepherds trying to cross the borders to Israel.
The spokesman who asked to be anonymous said that the bombardment constitutes a grave escalation, accusing Hizbullah of attempting to provoke the situation on the border. No losses were reported during the reciprocated attack.
The bombardment came one week from Hizbullah party announcement that it targeted by missiles Israeli positions inside Shebaa occupied farms. The Hizbullah party said that Rweisat al-Alam position was hit by 6 shelling, noting this came as a retaliation to the bombardment against Kafer Shouba town by the occupation army.
Previous Stories:
Continued Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace
(5/21/2005)
Reciprocated bombardment between the Israeli forces and Hizbullah fighters
(5/14/2005)
Two missiles explosion in Shebaa farms
(5/13/2005)
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