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Israel Cancels Army Leave on Northern Border

Just hours after The Media Line exclusively reported [1] on Israel’s military heading into a heightened state of alert on the country’s border with Lebanon, Beirut said it discovered rockets ready to be fired towards Israel. The Lebanese army said it found eight Katyushas fitted with timers, which would have been launched on Friday. The rockets were located close to the border in an area in which only the Lebanese army is permitted to carry weapons, according to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. The Lebanese army was aided by the U.N.’s UNIFIL force in dismantling the devices. It is not clear who was behind the planned strike. Meanwhile TML has learned the Israeli army has canceled leave for many soldiers currently posted to the northern border. Jerusalem fears the Lebanese-based Hizbullah may launch an attack while Israel’s military focus is on the distant Gaza Strip and its battle against Hamas [2].