Rocket attack raises fear of hostilities on second front

RESIDENTS of the northern Israeli town of Nahariyaa woke yesterday to one of their country’s worst nightmares — rockets from Lebanon, and a possible second front in a battle that has raged for two weeks in Gaza.

No group claimed responsibility for the two Katyusha rockets that injured two Israelis. But the most likely suspects were small Palestinian factions in south Lebanon known to possess Katyushas.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which fought a 34-day war with Israel in 2006, denied it was behind the attack.