21 December 2015 - 08:02
Missiles hit north Israel after assassination of Hezbollah commander

Three missiles, possibly fired from southern Lebanon, exploded in Israel’s north, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday.

The shelling comes after Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah group’s activist Samir Qantar was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building near the Syrian capital.

Earlier in the day, a source in the Lebanese army told RIA Novosti that unknown individuals fired three rockets from southern Lebanon at Israel.

According to him, after the incident the Israeli Air Force planes were seen in the skies over southern Lebanon in the vicinity of the al-Mansourieh and al-Kehaleh villages.

Quntar was released from an Israeli prison during a prisoner swap between Hezbollah and Israel in 2008 after serving 29 years in detention.


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