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Israel fires at least 24 tank shells into Lebanese territories following a rocket attack in the north. The Israeli army says two Katyusha-style rockets launched from Lebanon landed near the town of Kiryat Shmona. In response, the Israeli artillery fired a barrage of shells into the Lebanese border region of Arqub. In both attacks, uninhabited areas were targeted, causing no injuries or damage. The area has remained mostly quiet since a month-long war in 2006 between Israel and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. But there\\\'s been sporadic rocket firing from Lebanon-- carried out by al-Qaeda-affiliated groups including the Abdullah Azzam Brigades.

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Iran successfully test-fires two new missiles on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. Minister of Defense Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says a new generation of ballistic missile with a fragmentation warhead is the first of the missiles tested on Monday. The missile can evade radar systems and is capable of causing great destruction. A laser-guided missile, dubbed Bina, which is from the class of surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles, has also been tested. Bina has been designed for use against bridges, tanks, command centers and other military targets. It can be fired from a plane or a boat to strike military targets with great precision.

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Islamic Republic of Iran successfully test fires 3rd generation of its fateh surface-to-surface missiles. "This missile is important because it can hit its target with high precision and can be uploaded quickly. It can also thwart any measure aimed at intercepting it and carry out its planned mission." "The missile is 100 percent domestically made and uses solid fuel and has a longer range than the previous generation." Brig Gen ahmad vahidi, irans defense minister. Iran has unveiled a series of home-built weapons over the past few weeks.

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Iranian Defense Ministry announced that the upgraded version of the medium-range Sejil-2 missile was test-fired successfully on Wednesday. The missile is capable of traveling 2000 kilometers. Ahmad Vahidi the Iranian defense minister said the major advantage of the upgraded Sejil over the previous version is that it cannot be brought down by anti-missile rockets.

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The army says two Katyusha-style rockets launched from Lebanon landed near the town of Kiryat Shmona. In response, the Israeli artillery fired a barrage of shells into the Lebanese border region of Arqub. Uninhabited areas were targeted in both attacks, causing no injuries or damage. Israel\\\'s minister of military affairs has warned of even tougher retaliation if the attacks persist. Moshe Yaalon has held the Lebanese government responsible for the latest rocket attack. The area has remained mostly quiet since a month-long war in 2006 between Israel and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. But there\\\'s been sporadic rocket firing from Lebanon-- carried out by al-Qaeda-affiliated groups including the Abdullah Azzam Brigades.

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In a statement on Sunday, Iran called for restraint and an immediate halt of the large-scale Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Israel attacked the impoverished strip on Saturday, leaving 800 people in a critical state. The Saturday attacks are widely believed to be one of the worst in the 60-year history of the Israeli occupation. "The international community is duty bound to defend Gaza civilians in the face of Israel's genocide and crimes against humanity," the Foreign Ministry statement reads according to press tv. "Tel Aviv's bombardment of the Gaza Strip is yet another brazen example of Israel's terrorist mindset and its gross violation of human rights," it adds. The statement condemns the barrage of Israeli attacks on civilian non-military targets as being in stark defiance of the Geneva Convention and UN resolutions. Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that no protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed, hence collective punishment and all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. The Saturday onslaught came after a six-month truce between Israel and the democratically-elected Palestinian government of Hamas expired on December 19 - and after repeated violations by Tel Aviv. The Arab world reacted in shock to the Israeli incursion into Gaza and stepped up calls for retaliation against Israel. "Today everybody has to stand by the side of the Palestinian people and stop this blind military action," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Russia and France have also decried the large-scale operations, demanding that Israel immediately halt its attacks on the Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, however, snubbed international appeals for an end to the attacks and asserted that operations against Gaza will go on for "as long as necessary". "There is a time for cease-fires and a time to fight, and now is the time to fight," said Barak, adding that the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and security forces have been masterminding the Gaza invasion "for months". In a televised speech on Sunday, Barak confirmed that Tel Aviv may even send ground troops into Gaza to help in carrying out fresh attacks on the coastal strip. The UN Security Council held emergency consultations Saturday night and early Sunday to outline a resolution, by which Israel would be obliged to halt its military operations "without delay".