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Rockets Launched Into Israel From South Lebanon

Is Fateh El Islam trying to use Israel to pressure the Army?

This just in:

Two Katyusha rockets hit the northern town of Kiryat Shmona on Sunday afternoon, in the first rocket strikes on northern Israel since the end of the Second Lebanon War last summer.

Also, according to tayyar, a third missile landed next to a UNIFIL outpost.

Israeli and Lebanese security sources suspect the source NOT to be Hezbollah, and Israeli TV is speaking of Fateh Al Islam. (source: tayyar)

Fateh El Islam might be trying to put pressure on the Lebanese Army, which is “90% percent finished with Naher el Bared” according to Naharnet. The Islamists might want to pressure the Army by proving it can provoke the Israelis into another war unless it stops shelling the camp.

**Update (from Tayyar)**
Olmert: Those who shot the missiles wanted us to respond.