The Katyusha rocket fell on an open field east of the town of Kiryat Shmona, in northern Israel, triggering a fire that has caused injuries, Israeli police said a source.
Questioned by AFP, an Israeli military spokesman confirmed that Israeli artillery fire on the sector from where the rocket had been fired Katyusha. The Israeli army believes that rocket shot (against Israel) serious and believes that the responsibility rests with the Lebanese government, he added.
In Lebanon, an official of the security services gave account of the fall of eight rockets near the village of Hula on the border with Israel, shortly after a rocket fell on northern Israel.
has not confirmed that Katyusha rocket fired at Israel tonight proceed Lebanon, but the inhabitants of Hula told AFP he had heard the firing of a rocket from nearby fields shortly before the rockets were falling on their industry.
On the Lebanese side, there are no victims to mourn for the moment.
Soldiers of the UN force deployed in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Lebanese troops cut Hula access and monitor the area, noted AFP.
It was the fourth such incident in the Israeli-Lebanese border so far this year. In January, February and September, several rockets fired from Lebanon fell upon northern Israel, causing minor injuries. The Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah denied involvement in them.
Last time, on September 11, the rockets landed in northern Israel had been fired from the Lebanese village of Qlaile, which is 15 km from the border.
The shootings had generated an immediate response by the Israeli army, which bombed the Lebanese village. Israel also complained to the UN and accused the Lebanese government.
The shooting was claimed by a group linked to al Qaeda.
Hezbollah, which controls the southern part of Lebanon and against which the Jewish state fought a brief war in the summer of 2006 following the abduction of two Israeli soldiers, denied any involvement in the events.
Conflict between Israel and Hezbollah killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, on the Lebanese side and more than 160 among Israelis, mostly soldiers.
After the war, the army Lebanon was deployed in southern Lebanon where with the assistance of UNIFIL, which reinforced its troops.
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