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July 20, 2021: Two rockets were fired into Northern Israel from Lebanon this morning, to which the Israeli army responded by hitting the launch sites with artillery. There are currently no reports of casualties or damage. "Two rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Northern Israel", the Israeli military reported on Twitter, "one was intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system and the second fell into an open area inside Israel. ". These are the first rockets to be fired at Israel from Lebanon since the end of the conflict with Hamas last May.
The Israeli Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, called the Lebanese state "responsible for terrorist operations that depart from its territory". And he added: "We will not allow the social, economic and political crisis in Lebanon to turn into a threat to Israel's security".
Those responsible for the attack are allegedly "Palestinian elements" present in Lebanon, not the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah. As the Israeli newspaper Ynet points out, a visit by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled for today in the area targeted by the rockets.