Rockets from Syria Hurt 3 in Bekaa, Suleiman Asks Army to Defend 'Innocent Residents'
Three people were injured on Tuesday when rockets fired from Syria landed in various Bekaa towns.
At least 4 rockets fired from Syria hit the al-Qantara area in al-Nabi Sheet's outskirts, said MTV.
The head of the Nabi Sheet municipality told LBCI that an elderly man was wounded by one of the rocket attacks.
Another rocket landed in a farm in the same town.
Later on Tuesday, state-run National News Agency said “Ali Zein al-Moussawi, his wife and one of their children were wounded when a rocket fell near the house of Hussein Qassem al-Moussawi in al-Nabi Sheet.”
“They were rushed to the Riyaq Hospital,” it added.
In the wake of the attack, President Michel Suleiman reiterated his call for “the warring parties in Syria to neutralize Lebanese border towns and villages and from their shelling.”
And as he condemned the attack that “wounded Lebanese citizens and damaged houses and properties in the Bekaa towns of al-Nabi Sheet and Sirein,” the president asked the Lebanese Army to "take all the necessary steps to defend frontier villages and to defend the innocent residents, who are paying with their lives and wealth for these conflicts."
On Sunday, a number of rockets fired from the Syrian side of the border landed in the northern region of Akkar.
On Saturday, rockets fired from Syria landed in the Bekaa regions of al-Hermel and al-Qaa.
Bekaa towns, with a majority of Shiite population, have repeatedly come under rocket attacks by either rebels seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime or armed men supporting them.
The Syrian troops loyal to Assad also continue to carry out air raids on Arsal, a majority Sunni town, which is an escape route for rebels and smugglers.
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