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Rockets Fired from Lebanon Hit Northern Israel
(Ha'aretz) Three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on Tuesday, slamming into residential areas but causing no casualties. (Reuters) Three residents were treated for shock. One of the three houses hit was severely damaged. A fourth rocket apparently landed in the western Galilee town of Shlomi. In response, early Wednesday the Israel Air Force struck a Palestinian militant training base south of Beirut operated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, a Syrian-backed group that has been waging a decades-long fight against Israel. The strike was the deepest in Lebanon since June 2004. IDF northern front commander Udi Adam said Wednesday that the army knew which Palestinian faction was behind the Katyusha attack, Israel Radio reported. "We will not allow Katyusha fire to become a routine of daily life, absolutely not," he said. The IDF said any attack on the northern border emanating from Lebanon is carried out on the initiative of Hizballah, which has sole control in southern Lebanon.