(22 Aug 2013) Militants in Lebanon fired four rockets into Israel on Thursday, setting off air raid sirens and startling a nation already on edge over turmoil along its northern and southern borders.
The United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese army rushed to the village of Housh, near the city of Tyre in South Lebanon, and began investigations.
An Israeli military spokesman said three rockets landed in northern Israel, while a fourth was intercepted by Israel's "Iron Dome" rocket defence system.
No one was injured, and the military dismissed the attack as an isolated incident.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an al-Qaida-inspired group based in Lebanon, claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on the Twitter account of Sirajuddin Zurayqat, a prominent Islamic militant leader.
Zurayqat said the rockets were capable of flying 40 kilometres, or 25 miles, putting the Israeli city of Haifa in its range.
The group, designated a terrorist organisation by the US, has claimed responsibility for past rocket attacks on Israel.
South Lebanon was the scene of bitter fighting between Israel and Lebanese militant Hezbollah guerrillas in 2006 and is considered a Hezbollah stronghold.
The Israel-Lebanon border has remained quiet since the monthlong 2006 war, although there have been sporadic incidents of rocket fire.
The civil war in Syria has done more to elevate tensions, especially as Hezbollah has become increasingly involved in the fighting there.
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