On Monday afternoon, the Hizbullah terror organization
initiated an attack against Israeli civilian and military
targets, an attack which included rocket fire, mortar shells
and gunfire in the areas of Mettula, Rajar and Mount Dov. An
IDF officer and soldier situated in IDF posts were severely
wounded in this attack.
At the same time, Hizbullah cells carried out a number of
attacks against IDF posts in the Rajar and Mount Dov regions
in an attempt to kidnap IDF soldiers. IDF forces were
successful in preventing these attempts and were able to
disable the Hizbullah cells.
The IDF said that Hizbullah used its full arsenal —
mortar shells, Katyusha rockets, antitank missiles and sniper
fire. No IDF activity was carried out in the area prior to
this attack. Overall, 11 IDF soldiers were wounded in this
attack. Four terrorists are known to have been killed.
In response to these attacks, the Israeli Air Force attacked
a structure used as a command post by the Hizbullah terror
organization and several access routes in the area.
The IDF commander of the area said that this attack had been
in the planning for a long time, and they haven't seen such a
wide scale coordinated attack by Hizbullah in a long time.
Mortar shells and rockets have also landed in populated
areas. A house in Mettula was damaged. It's been a long time
since the civilian population in northern Israel had to enter
their bomb shelters.
Israel said that it sees the Lebanese government as
responsible for any activity carried out from its
territory.
