Lebanon Halts More Rocket Fire On Israel

Lebanese army soldiers look at a rocket which fell short in Lebanon several kilometers north of the Israeli border, near the village of el-Meri, in southern Lebanon, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Israeli forces fired artillery north into Lebanon in response to a rocket attack, the second such border exchange in days which threatened to ignite a second front as Israel battled Hamas in Gaza. There were no reports of casualties on the Lebanese side, according to U.N. peacekeepers. No one was hurt after three rockets fell in open areas near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shemona, but residents were ordered into bomb shelters, Israeli police said. (AP Photo/Lutfallah Daher)

From Yahoo News/AP:

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanese troops found and dismantled several rockets positioned to hit Israel after militants in the south fired three earlier Wednesday — a sign Lebanon's government is determined to avoid being drawn into war with the Israelis.

The second rocket attack on Israel in less than a week prompted a brief Israeli artillery retaliation, but no one was hurt in the exchange.

The rocket fire highlighted the volatility of the Lebanese-Israeli border and the threat of a second front as Israel presses its offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers.

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