TEL AVIV — Israel's military has failed to detect rocket fire from
Lebanon.
The Israeli military said its early-warning system did not warn of the
firing of two Katyusha 107 mm rockets from southern Lebanon. The 107 mm
rocket, which landed on Jan. 8 in the Israeli town of Shlomo, contains a
range of eight kilometers.
A military statement acknowledged that the early-warning system was
designed to track short-range missile and rocket fire. The statement said
rain and fog hampered the system.
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Israel has installed early-warning systems along its northern border as
well as near the Gaza Strip. But officials have reported frequent failures
amid daily Kassam-class, short-range missile fire into southern Israel.
Officials said they expect Hizbullah and aligned groups to intensify
missile and rocket fire from Lebanon. They said Hizbullah has replenished
its arsenal in wake of the 2006 war with Israel.
"There is free passage of weapons and armaments from Syria to Lebanon,"
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.
