The rockets hit near the city of Nahariya, located about six miles from the Lebanese border, police said. The Israeli military said it returned
fire toward the source of the rockets after the attack.
The Israeli military warned civilians in the western Galilee region to stay close to shelters in the aftermath of Thursday's attack.
The report comes as Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, aimed at halting rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory to the south, entered a 13th
day.
Israel fought a similar campaign against the Lebanese Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah in 2006, during which Hezbollah rained rockets on cities in
Israeli's north for a month before a cease-fire was reached.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Thursday's attack.
Hezbollah has kept a tight rein on its forces in southern Lebanon since the cease-fire, however, and a number of Palestinian factions operate in
southern Lebanon as well.
Just breaking. I've been actively following the news relating Hezbollah but didn't expect them to really intervene. The question is whether it is
Hezbollah or some other organization. Israel, however, has warned Hezbollah various time this week not to do anything while Israeli forces
strengthened the northern border.
Moreover, a prominent Hezbollah leader was killed early 2008, for which Hezbollah said they will seek revenge sooner or later.
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