(Ha'aretz) Uri Ash - Hizballah shelled IDF positions in the Har Dov area of Israel's northern border Tuesday for the first time in over four months, firing anti-tank rockets and mortar shells. The IDF returned fire. No soldiers were injured, but one outpost suffered minor damage. The IDF Northern Command had received intelligence warnings this week that Hizballah was planning an attack, so all forces in the area had been placed on high alert. On the same day, U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa of California, who has Lebanese origins, met with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud in Beirut as part of a fresh American effort to negotiate a prisoner swap between Israel and Lebanon.
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