A barrage of 34 rockets was launched from Lebanon on northern Israel, the biggest such attack since the second Lebanon war, almost 17 years ago
the cool green woods of the Galilee on April 6th, the first full day of the Passover festival. But at 2:30pm white streaks and puffs of smoke filled the sky, as a barrage of 34 rockets launched from Lebanon began falling in the biggest such attack on northern Israel since the second Lebanon war, almost 17 years ago. Most were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile-defence system. Three Israelis were lightly wounded.
Passover and the holy Muslim month of Ramadan coincide this year. But the two nations that have been at war in this sliver of land for over a century do not seem inclined towards a festive truce. Earlier this week, reports that tiny groups of Jewish zealots were intent on re-enacting the ancient “Passover sacrifice” on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem had caused a stir among Muslims.
The sequence of events was ominously reminiscent of Ramadan two years earlier. Back then, riots in Jerusalem spread to other Israeli cities with mixed Jewish and Muslim populations. They also sparked rocket fire from Gaza, where Hamas and Israel waged an 11-day war that resulted in more than 300 deaths, most of them Palestinian.
Yet the imbroglio has left its mark. On March 26th Mr Netanyahu said he had fired Yoav Gallant, the defence minister, who had dared to warn in public that the judicial overhaul was compromising Israel’s national security. Although Mr Netanyahu has yet to either formally dismiss Mr Gallant or to rescind his firing, Mr Gallant is still in office as the defence minister and is handling the security crisis.
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