Communicated by the IDF Spokesman 12 January 1997 Lebanon Monitoring Committee The Monitoring Group for the implementation of the understandings achieved following Operation Grapes of Wrath met on 10 January at UNIFIL headquarters in Nakoura to discuss a complaint lodged by Israel concerning the Katyusha rocket fired into the western Galilee on Thursday, 8 January from the El-Kaleila region in Lebanon. The Monitoring Group affirmed that this act, which constituted a violation of the Understandings, was worthy of condemnation. The Group has decreed that Lebanon, which is committed to the Understandings, is obligated to implement them. The Monitoring Group viewed positively the steps already taken and encourages the government of Lebanon to increase its efforts in preventing recurrences of such incidents. The Group emphasized once more the commitment of all sides to obey the understandings in order to ensure the security of civilians. Both the Lebanese and Syrian delegations stressed that they view with gravity the firing of rockets from Lebanese territory into Israel and noted that Lebanese authorities already arrested a number of suspects.