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Fast Forward IDF Fires On Infiltrators from Lebanon
Israel Defense Forces troops fired on two suspects infiltrating into Israeli territory from Lebanon. The suspects escaped and returned to Lebanon, the IDF Spokesman said. Lebanese security sources told the Daily Star of Lebanon that Israeli soldiers fired on a Lebanese Army patrol in the Sheba Farms area near the border with Israel, wounding one…
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Fast Forward Rocket From Lebanon Hits Northern Israel, Near Kiryat Shemona
At least one rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel two nights after a similar attack. The rocket fired late Monday night is reported to have landed in an open area near the Upper Galilee city of Kiryat Shemona, though the military has not confirmed the exact location. No injuries or damage were reported. Israel…
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Fast Forward Rockets Fired From Syria, Lebanon Strike Northern Israel
Rockets fired from Syria and Lebanon struck northern Israel. At least five rockets fired from Syria landed in areas across the Golan Heights early Sunday morning, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed. No one was injured in the rocket attack from Syria, which occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday amid a series of Code Red rocket…
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Fast Forward Lebanon Synagogue Reopens After $1M Spruce Up
Beirut’s only synagogue is set to reopen following a five-year renovation. The Magen Avraham synagogue, located in the former Jewish quarter of the city, was opened in 1926 but partially destroyed at the beginning of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war in 1975, according to the Times of Israel, via an Arabic report in London’s A-Sharq al-Awsat….
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Fast Forward Hezbollah Warns Church Leader Against Visit to Israel With Pope
Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement told the head of the Maronite church on Friday that his planned trip to Jerusalem to accompany Pope Francis would have “negative repercussions”. Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai has said he will join the pope on his May 24-26 tour of the Holy Land, drawing criticism in Lebanon which remains in a…
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Fast Forward Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Responsibility for Border Attack on IDF Jeep
A terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for an attack on an Israel Defense Forces jeep on Israel’s border with Lebanon. No soldiers were injured in Friday’s attack, in which the terrorist group, called The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, fired shots at the IDF patrol, according to the Times of Israel….
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Stays Silent on Attack on Lebanese Hezbollah Site
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would neither confirm nor deny that Israel had struck a target in Lebanon. Lebanese media reported Monday that an Israeli airstrike hit a site in Lebanon known for its arms smuggling and recruitment for Hezbollah. The Daily Star on Monday quoted a Lebanese security source as saying that the Israeli…
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Fast Forward Israeli Warplanes Strike Eastern Lebanon Near Syria
Israeli warplanes struck a target in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria on Monday, security sources said. It was not immediately known what the target was or the exact location of the air strike, which occurred in a mountainous area near the border. The Israeli army declined to comment but an Israeli security source…
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