Rare flareup on Israel-Lebanon border after clashes in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A projectile fired from Lebanon hit an open space in Israel on Monday and Israeli artillery focused an space the place the assault was launched, the Israeli navy stated.

The uncommon flareup on the Israeli-Lebanese border adopted clashes over the previous two weeks between Palestinians and Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem which have stoked Arab anger and worldwide concern.

Small Palestinian factions in Lebanon have fired sporadically on Israel previously.

On Twitter, the Israeli navy stated no sirens had been sounded and no alert was declared in northern Israel when the projectile, which it didn’t establish in its posting, struck.

Israel’s anti-missile defence system doesn’t essentially intercept projectiles if they seem like on monitor to hit unpopulated areas.

In response to the assault, Israeli artillery “focused the supply of the launch”, the Israeli navy stated, with out giving additional particulars.

Aroldo Lazaro, head of the United Nations Interim Drive In Lebanon (UNIFIL), has urged “calm and restraint on this unstable and ongoing scenario”, the mission stated on Twitter.

Israel’s northern border has been largely quiet since a 2006 conflict in opposition to Hezbollah guerrillas, who’ve sway in southern Lebanon and an arsenal of superior rockets.

(Reporting by Jeffrey Heller; Modifying by Daniel Wallis and Bradley Perrett)