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Blast hits village near Lebanese border
An explosion rocked a northern village on the border on Tuesday, with Israeli police saying that a rocket fired from Lebanon caused the blast.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:09 January 8, 2008
Occupied Jerusalem: An explosion rocked a northern village on the border on Tuesday, with Israeli police saying that a rocket fired from Lebanon caused the blast.
However, military officials said the blast in Shlomi village was caused by old ordnance.
"We can confirm that a 122 mm Katyusha rocket was fired into the north of Israel from Lebanon last night," said police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Rosenfeld said they are investigating the incident.
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