Hizballah’s New Terror Weapon
Charles Johnson
Fri Jul 28, 2006 at 3:25 pm PDT • Views: 178
An ominous escalation from Hizballah: Hizbollah fires new long-range rocket into Israel.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hizbollah fired scores of rockets into Israel on Friday, including at least one that the Lebanese guerrilla group said was a new long-range missile, wounding at least 13 people, police and the army said.
The longer-range rocket landed in an open area near the town of Afula, about 50 km (30 miles) from the Lebanese border. It matched the furthest distance that Hizbollah rockets had landed inside Israel since the conflict began on July 12.
Hizbollah said it had fired a volley of “Khaibar 1” rockets at Afula, apparently a new type of armament.
An army spokeswoman said seven rockets landed in the Afula area, two of which had landed inside the town. The other five landed in open areas near Afula, which is about 35 km (22 miles) southeast of Israel’s third largest city, Haifa.
Commenting on one of the rockets that landed in an open area, a police spokesman said: “Based on the damage at the site, police can confirm one rocket had around 100 kg of explosives.”
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