Re: Israelis Caught Faking Hezbollah Rocket Attack
There was no “faking” of anything. Read the actual article you twit, not the “Bloggers” interpretation!
Mortar mishap sparks security scare ahead of peace summit
By Majdoline Hatoum
Daily Star staff
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
BEIRUT: Three mortars, apparently fired by a private Israeli defense contractor accidentally, exploded in northern Israel near the Lebanese border Monday.
The explosions, which Israeli police initially blamed on the Lebanese resistance group Hizbullah, caused a security scare ahead of today’s Sharm el-Sheikh summit.
But Israeli police confirmed that a military exercise inadvertently caused the explosions.
“It seems the source of the blasts was not shooting from southern Lebanon,” an Israeli military official said on condition of anonymity.
According to official reports, a private Israeli defense contractor accidentally fired the shells, which landed on the northern coastal town of Nahariya near the Lebanese border, causing no injuries but some damage.
“The incident was apparently caused by an error by a civilian company and not by the military,” the official told AFP, without giving further details.
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