Army: Shelling Targeting Bekaa Regions from East Arsal
East Arsal was the area that targeted several Bekaa regions with rockets, the Lebanese Army Command said in a communique issued on Saturday.
The army pointed out that a “specialized army commission estimated that the shelling on Arsal, Ras Baalbek and Fakiha areas came from east Arsal.”
Earlier on Saturday, State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered that an investigation be launched into the shelling.
Arsal municipal chief Ali al-Hujairi had accused Hizbullah of being behind the assault, but the party was quick to deny the accusations, which it labeled as “dangerous.”
A statement issued after a municipal meeting on Friday declared: “We will not allow Hizbullah and the Syrian regime to drag the town towards the Syrian revolution and balance of power in Syria.”
They vowed to defend their dignity, children, and people “in all possible means.”
Three people were injured overnight Saturday when a number of rockets fired from the Syrian side of the border landed in Arsal and Ras Baalbek.
Eleven rockets landed near Arsal, while three others landed in Ras Baalbek.
Eight people were killed on Friday in similar attacks that targeted the same regions.
Five of the killed were children from the same family.
Rockets from the Syrian side of the border have frequently landed in Arsal since the uprising in the neighboring country turned violent.
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