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Wednesday, 9 January 2008

Siniora vows to UN chief to probe Katyusha fire at Israel


Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday that Lebanon would investigate the firing of two Katyusha rockets from Lebanon earlier in the day.

Siniora, who is currently in Abu Dhabi, spoke with the UN head over the phone.

Siniora maintained that those behind the firing "want to harm the security in South Lebanon." The UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) told Haaretz that they too were investigating the firing, attempting to locate where the rockets were launched.

Earlier Tuesday, Israel filed a severe complaint with the United Nations Security Council and with Ban over the Katyusha firing.

The rockets struck the western Galilee town of Shlomi early Tuesday morning, causing no injuries. One of the rockets lightly damaged a house, and the second hit a street in the twon. Army Radio reported that the second rocket damaged an electricity pole.

The complaint called the rocket fire a severe violation of Security Council Resolution 1701, which brought the Second Lebanon War to an end. Haaretz