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Balloons Released in Israeli Promotion Sow Panic in South Lebanon


[Ha'aretz] Yoav Stern - An Israeli promotional campaign for a newspaper in northern Israel involving balloons caused panic among Lebanese civilians Saturday when the wind carried them over the border into southern Lebanon. Lebanon's official news agency claimed that they were "poisoned balloons" dispersed by IDF aircraft. In Nabatiyeh, five people suffering from nausea and dizziness were brought into hospital after they touched the "suspicious green balloons."
2007-01-29 01:00:00
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