Israel Fires Into Lebanon After Rockets -Security

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Source: Reuters

JERUSALEM, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Israel fired artillery at Lebanon on Thursday in response to rockets fired at northern Israel, the Israeli army said.

A military spokesman said Israel aimed "a pinpoint response at the source of fire." An Israeli security source said Israel had fired five artillery shells.

A Lebanese security source also said Israel had fired.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L8640437.htm

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1. The army fired five shells, a military source told AFP without clarifying the type of ordnance used.

"We carried out direct fire at the source of the rocket fire from Lebanon," she said.

The army fired five shells, a military source told AFP without clarifying the type of ordnance used.

Several rockets hit northern Israel from Lebanon early Thursday, lightly wounding two people, officials told AFP.

"Three rockets landed in Israel fired from Lebanon," said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.

Two people were lightly wounded, he said, adding that police sappers and bomb disposal units were working on the scene.

The rockets fell around the area of the northern town of Nahariya, where residents were called to stay inside their homes, Israeli media reported.

The rockets fell a day after the chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Shiite militia with which Israel fought a 34-day war in 2006, warned that "all possibilities" were open against Israel amid its deadly offensive in Gaza.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090108/twl-israeli-army-fires-into-lebanon-afte-3cd7efd.html

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2. Wait. You mean it's possible to only blow up the places rockets are fired from?

Rather than bombing, strafing, and invading a densely-populated area?

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3. Who knew?

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4. LOL.

Yes, fire discipline is possible.

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5. A lot of people arguing here have asked me what I think a "proportional response" would be

And I think this is a perfect example: shelling the launch site.