Israeli jets bomb Lebanon target after rocket strike

Israeli jets have bombed a target south
of Beirut a day after rockets were fired
from Lebanon into Israel.
They targeted a "terror site" near the
coastal town of Naameh, between Beirut
and Sidon, the Israeli military said.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
said one of its bases had been hit.
But the group denied any involvement in
Thursday's rocket attack into Israel.
Neither incident caused casualties or
much damage.
Iron dome
The Israeli military, in a statement, said
its air force "targeted a terror site
located between Beirut and Sidon in
response to a barrage of four rockets
launched at northern Israel yesterday".
"The pilots reported direct hits to the
target," the statement said, according to
AFP news agency.
PFLP-GC spokesman Ramez Mustapha
confirmed the group's base at Naameh
was targeted by Israeli war planes at
around 04:00 local time (01:00 GMT)
"without causing any victims or
damage".
The PFLP-GC, a Palestinian group known
to support Syrian President Bashar al-
Assad, denied it fired any rockets into
Israel.
Al-Qaeda linked militant group, the
Abdullah Azzam Brigades, said it carried
out the attack.
The four rockets were fired from the Tyre
region of southern Lebanon.
They caused some minor damage at a
kibbutz near the Israeli coastal town of
Nahariya.
An Israeli military spokesman said one of
the rockets was intercepted by the Iron
Dome missile defence system.
Rockets have been fired into Israel
intermittently by militant groups since
the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in 2006.

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