Saturday, July 5, 2003
JPost: Hizbullah fires 26 anti-aircraft missiles into northern Israel
Some of the missiles failed to explode, others exploded near homes and parked cars in and around Kiryat Shmona causing some damage but no injuries and sparking several brush fires that were later extinguished.
"The powerful booms of Hizbullah's anti-aircraft rockets being launched at us is much louder than the actual explosions they make when they hit the ground," a security source told The Jerusalem Post.
"This is nothing more and nothing less than an organized campaign of psychological terrorism. The physical damage is limited to brush fires and scraps on buildings and cars," the source said.
The source stated that people on Israel's northern border are ordered into shelters only when the IDF believes that the physical threat is severe.
"Many of our children have been traumatized by these attacks. As the anti-aircraft shells were being fired in our direction this morning, my dog was shivering as he tore through our screen door to scratch on the main door, letting us know that he desperately wanted to come in."
The source concluded: "Most of us have become immune to these almost daily cross-border terror attacks, we continue with our normal routines - but the effect on our children may not be known for years to come."
(Margot Dudkevitch contributed to this report)
So Hizbullah is up to provoking Israel again? I was under the impression that things were fairly quiet there along the border during the War, but should it surprise anyone that now that The Roadmap is underway they're turning up the heat? I wonder how much the world press is covering these missile firings? How much do you think they'd cover an Israeli response?
Be sure to check out this LGF post for a view of what Hizballah are up to at that border, and who they fly their flag next to. Hint: It begins with a "U" and ends with an "N."
