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Lebanese Druze confront Hezbollah rocket-launch convoy after it fires at Israel
Angry villagers in Chouya accuse terror group of endangering civilian lives by firing projectiles from near civilian areas; Lebanon army confiscates launcher, arrests 4 suspects
By Emanuel Fabian Today, 2:55 pm
A Lebanese army soldier stands next to a rocket launcher placed on a pick-up truck that was used by Hezbollah to fire rockets at northern Israel, in the southeastern village of Chouya, August 6, 2021. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
A Lebanese army soldier stands next to a rocket launcher placed on a pick-up truck that was used by Hezbollah to fire rockets at northern Israel, in the southeastern village of Chouya, August 6, 2021. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
Druze residents in a southern Lebanese village halted a Hezbollah convoy carrying rocket launchers that were apparently used to attack Israel on Friday, according to media reports.
The group stopped a truck-mounted multiple launch rocket system as it drove through the village of Chouya in southern Lebanon, video footage showed.
Some angry villagers could be heard protesting: “Hezbollah is firing rockets from between homes so that Israel hits us back.”
Hezbollah later issued a statement saying that the rockets were fired from remote areas, adding that the fighters were stopped in Shwaya on their way back.
“The Islamic Resistance was and will always be most keen about the safety of its people and avoiding any harm to them through its acts of resistance,” the statement said.
The Lebanese Army later arrived to confiscate the rocket launcher seen in the video and said it arrested four suspects involved in the rocket fire. It was unclear if any Hezbollah members were detained, but footage showed a man in one of the vehicles surrounded by the crowd.
Reports indicated that the rocket launchers mounted to the vehicle stopped by residents in Chouya were used in the earlier attack, as some of the barrels appeared to be empty.
Nineteen rockets were fired at the Golan Heights and Galilee Panhandle from Lebanon on Friday morning, the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah both said.
The IDF said 10 projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and six landed in open around Mount Dov. Another three rockets failed to clear the border and landed in Lebanese territory, according to the military.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group confirmed it had fired the projectiles on Friday, which it said came in response to recent Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. “The Islamic Resistance shelled open areas near the Sheba Farms with dozens of 122mm rockets,” it said in a statement carried in Arabic-language media.
www.timesofisrael.com
Concealed Grad rocket launcher:
Captured Hezbollah fighter:
Angry villagers in Chouya accuse terror group of endangering civilian lives by firing projectiles from near civilian areas; Lebanon army confiscates launcher, arrests 4 suspects
By Emanuel Fabian Today, 2:55 pm
A Lebanese army soldier stands next to a rocket launcher placed on a pick-up truck that was used by Hezbollah to fire rockets at northern Israel, in the southeastern village of Chouya, August 6, 2021. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
A Lebanese army soldier stands next to a rocket launcher placed on a pick-up truck that was used by Hezbollah to fire rockets at northern Israel, in the southeastern village of Chouya, August 6, 2021. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
Druze residents in a southern Lebanese village halted a Hezbollah convoy carrying rocket launchers that were apparently used to attack Israel on Friday, according to media reports.
The group stopped a truck-mounted multiple launch rocket system as it drove through the village of Chouya in southern Lebanon, video footage showed.
Some angry villagers could be heard protesting: “Hezbollah is firing rockets from between homes so that Israel hits us back.”
Hezbollah later issued a statement saying that the rockets were fired from remote areas, adding that the fighters were stopped in Shwaya on their way back.
“The Islamic Resistance was and will always be most keen about the safety of its people and avoiding any harm to them through its acts of resistance,” the statement said.
The Lebanese Army later arrived to confiscate the rocket launcher seen in the video and said it arrested four suspects involved in the rocket fire. It was unclear if any Hezbollah members were detained, but footage showed a man in one of the vehicles surrounded by the crowd.
Reports indicated that the rocket launchers mounted to the vehicle stopped by residents in Chouya were used in the earlier attack, as some of the barrels appeared to be empty.
Nineteen rockets were fired at the Golan Heights and Galilee Panhandle from Lebanon on Friday morning, the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah both said.
The IDF said 10 projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and six landed in open around Mount Dov. Another three rockets failed to clear the border and landed in Lebanese territory, according to the military.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group confirmed it had fired the projectiles on Friday, which it said came in response to recent Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. “The Islamic Resistance shelled open areas near the Sheba Farms with dozens of 122mm rockets,” it said in a statement carried in Arabic-language media.
Lebanese Druze confront, detain Hezbollah rocket crew after it fires at Israel
Angry villagers in Chouya accuse terror group of endangering lives by firing from near civilian areas; Lebanon army arrives, confiscates launcher, arrests 4 suspects
www.timesofisrael.com
Concealed Grad rocket launcher:
Captured Hezbollah fighter:
