Israel says with “certainty” that rockets fired from Lebanon were Palestinians

the thirty rockets fired on Thursday from Lebanese territory towards Israel They are, without a doubt, possible “Palestinian fire,” an Israeli army spokesman said.

“We know for sure that they are Palestinian fire. It could be him [movimiento islamista palestino] Hamas, it could be Islamic Jihad. We are still trying to come to a final conclusion on this, but it was not Hezbollah.” Lebanese, said the lieutenant colonel Richard Hecht.

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“We assume that Hezbollah probably knew about those shots, and Lebanon bears some responsibility. We are also investigating a possible involvement of Iran.” added the spokesman.

hezbollah It is the only Lebanese faction that has retained its weapons since the end of the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), and it is supported by Iran.

The Israeli-Lebanese front flared up on Thursday like never since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, with the launch of about thirty rockets from Lebanon that injured one person and caused property damage in Israel on Passover day.

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