Israel: Next Time We Will Retaliate with Aerial Bombardment against South Lebanon
Israel has warned Lebanon it will retaliate with aerial bombardment against southern Lebanon next time the Jewish state is attacked by rockets from Lebanon.
News reports on Thursday said Israel”s threat was relayed to Lebanon via international sides upon the firing of three Katyushas early Wednesday into northern Israel.
Israel on Wednesday retaliated to a Katyusha attack on the northern town of Kiryat Shmona by shelling southern Lebanon with four rockets.
The daily as-Safir said it had learned that Israel informed UNIFIL that it had intended to hit back at the source from which the rockets were fired with aerial bombardment, but that it had changed its mind upon international advice.
Israeli officials said 3 rockets fired from Lebanon slammed into northern Israel early on Wednesday in the second such attack in less than a week that comes amid a devastating war in the Gaza Strip.