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A broad barrage of rockets were launched from South Lebanon Thursday afternoon, April 5, almost across the full breadth of Galilee in northern Israel. Most were initially reported intercepted by Iron Dome batteries in place for the high terror alert declared for Passover. Two rockets exploded. on the ground. One person was slightly injured driving his car. A fire broke out in Shlomi. As the rockets came in several salvoes, inhabitants of towns and villages from Shlomi to Safed were advised to stay close to sheltered spaces until further notice and the attack is properly assessed. The beaches of Nahariya and further south were temporarily evacuated.

Palestinian terrorist groups, including Hamas, are known to maintain strongholds in southern Lebanon and closely collaborate with the Lebanese Shiite terrorists, Hizballah, which in turn is an Iranian proxy.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Hizballah recently established a combined operations center in Syria at Al Daaba airport in the Hizballah-ruled Al Qusayr region on the Syrian-Lebanese border, to plan concerted terrorist attacks on Israel from several fronts. The rocket barrage from Lebanon was clearly planned well in advance as part of this general offensive involving Iran that included disturbances on Temple Mount, an abortive drone attack from Syria, and three days of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi are meeting to ponder Israel’s response.

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