JERUSALEM - Two rockets [Haaretz says Katyusha] fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel overnight, the military said Tuesday, expanding the violence that has erupted on Israel's other borders ahead of President Bush's visit to the region. No injuries were reported.It was the second rocket attack on Israel from Lebanon since Israel's summer 2006 war with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas. In June, two rockets fired by a previously unknown group, the Jihadi Badr Brigades — Lebanon Branch, fell in Israel, causing minor damage but no injuries. Israeli military officials said it appeared the same group was behind Tuesday's attack, although there was no claim of responsibility.
A senior military officer in Beirut told The Associated Press that the Israeli report was "baseless and completely fabricated." [and] Yasmina Bouziane, a spokeswoman for U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon, said the force had a team on the ground looking into the report. "In the meantime, we can't confirm or deny" the Israeli claims, she said.
A resident of the northern Israeli town of Shlomi, Simona Salamon, said a rocket hit her porch in the middle of the night. "It was such a big noise and my ears were ringing," Salamon told Army Radio.
"It made a hole in the wall."
Meanwhile, Olmert met again today with Abu Mazen.
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Jerusalem January 8, 2008, in this picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO).
And Israel gets ready for the Bush visit.
He arrives tomorrow, Wednesday.
A bathrobe emblazoned with the name of U.S. President George W. Bush, is seen in a suite at the King David Hotel where he will be staying, in Jerusalem, in this photo taken, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008.... (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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