Lebanese residents in south Lebanon received Wednesday telephone messages from Israel threatening them against cooperation with Palestinian radical factions and al-Qaida, local Elnashra website reported.
The recorded messages were sent from "the state of Israe"l, saying "do not deal with the Palestinians, do not allow al-Qaida or the General Command to launch rockets at Israel from bases between your homes," said the report.
The "General Command" refers to a radical Palestinian faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command (PFLP-GC), which is closer to Hamas movement than moderate Fatah movement.
"Remember the catastrophe you went through in 1982 because the Palestinians were in south Lebanon," the messages said.
Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 reaching the capital Beirut, and expelled the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) which took Lebanon as a base to launch attacks against Israel.
On Wednesday morning, three Katyusha rockets were launched from south Lebanon.
Similar messages were sent by Israel during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, urging Lebanese citizens to revolt against the Shiite armed group in south Lebanon.
(Xinhua News Agency January 15, 2009)