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The Lebanese Army fired anti-aircraft guns at Israel Air Force jets on Sunday. It was the first time the Lebanese military has joined in the fire routinely directed at Israeli planes by Hezbollah.
No one was injured in the shooting, however, and the Israel Defense Forces believes the firing was a localized incident that does not reflect a change in Lebanese policy. Only if such incidents recurred would this be seen as a new development, a senior defense source said.
Though Hezbollah fires at Israeli planes frequently, often several times a week, army sources said that the Shi'ite militia's outdated anti-aircraft shells posed no threat to Israel's jets. However, the shell fragments sometimes fall on Israel's northern towns; and while there have as yet been no casualties, they have caused property damage.
Army sources said they believed the anti-aircraft fire was mainly Hezbollah's way of proving that it was still fighting, given the growing restrictions being imposed on it by Lebanon and Syria. Israel believes that Syria is currently trying to rein in Hezbollah in advance of the expected American attack on Iraq. Should this attack be delayed or canceled, however, Israeli officials say the northern border is likely to heat up again. ha'aretz
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/p...ontrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0
No one was injured in the shooting, however, and the Israel Defense Forces believes the firing was a localized incident that does not reflect a change in Lebanese policy. Only if such incidents recurred would this be seen as a new development, a senior defense source said.
Though Hezbollah fires at Israeli planes frequently, often several times a week, army sources said that the Shi'ite militia's outdated anti-aircraft shells posed no threat to Israel's jets. However, the shell fragments sometimes fall on Israel's northern towns; and while there have as yet been no casualties, they have caused property damage.
Army sources said they believed the anti-aircraft fire was mainly Hezbollah's way of proving that it was still fighting, given the growing restrictions being imposed on it by Lebanon and Syria. Israel believes that Syria is currently trying to rein in Hezbollah in advance of the expected American attack on Iraq. Should this attack be delayed or canceled, however, Israeli officials say the northern border is likely to heat up again. ha'aretz
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/p...ontrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0
