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Rockets from Lebanon hit Israel | Rockets from Lebanon hit Israel |
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Israel has been hit by a rocket attack from Lebanon, officials say. | Israel has been hit by a rocket attack from Lebanon, officials say. |
Two Katyusha rockets exploded near the northern Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona. There were no casualties, but roads and vehicles were damaged. | Two Katyusha rockets exploded near the northern Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona. There were no casualties, but roads and vehicles were damaged. |
Israeli and Lebanese security sources said they believed a Palestinian group had fired the rockets. Israel said it would not "succumb to provocation". | Israeli and Lebanese security sources said they believed a Palestinian group had fired the rockets. Israel said it would not "succumb to provocation". |
The Lebanese group Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the attack. No-one has yet claimed responsibility for it. | The Lebanese group Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the attack. No-one has yet claimed responsibility for it. |
It is the first time Israel has come under such an attack from Lebanon since last year's conflict with Hezbollah. | It is the first time Israel has come under such an attack from Lebanon since last year's conflict with Hezbollah. |
'Not drawn in' | 'Not drawn in' |
The rockets came from the Lebanese village of Taibeh, 4km (2.5 miles) from the border with Israel, Lebanese television station LBC reported. One hit a factory, the other hit a car. | The rockets came from the Lebanese village of Taibeh, 4km (2.5 miles) from the border with Israel, Lebanese television station LBC reported. One hit a factory, the other hit a car. |
A Hezbollah spokesman in Beirut told Reuters news agency his group was not involved in the attack, saying: "We had nothing to do with this." | A Hezbollah spokesman in Beirut told Reuters news agency his group was not involved in the attack, saying: "We had nothing to do with this." |
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the attack was probably carried out by "a small Palestinian movement". | |
"We are still clarifying the circumstances," he said, during a visit to New York. | |
"Lebanon has been very quiet in the last nine months and hopefully will continue to be so." | |
An official travelling with Mr Olmert said he believed the attack was intended as a provocation but Israel would "not be drawn in". | |
Mr Olmert earlier met the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and told him Israel was prepared to engage with a new Palestinian cabinet. | |
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday swore in a new government that excludes the Islamist Hamas movement. | |
Mr Abbas sacked the previous Hamas-dominated government as its gunmen overran the Gaza Strip and expelled their rivals from Mr Abbas' Fatah party. | |
On Monday Mr Olmert will travel to Washington where he is expected to meet US President George W Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. |