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Israeli jets bomb Lebanon target Israeli jets bomb Lebanon target after rocket strike
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The Israeli air force bombed a target south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, early on Friday, an Israel Defence Forces spokesman has announced. Israeli jets have bombed a target south of Beirut a day after rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel.
The air strike targeted a "terror site" near Na'ameh, between Beirut and Sidon, said an Israeli military source quoted by Reuters. They targeted a "terror site" near the coastal town of Naameh, between Beirut and Sidon, the Israeli military said.
This comes a day after rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanon. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) said one of its bases had been hit.
A total of four rockets were fired from southern Lebanon, a stronghold of the Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah. But the group denied any involvement in Thursday's rocket attack into Israel. Neither incident caused casualties or much damage.
No casualties were reported in that attack, although news footage showed some minor damage at a kibbutz near the coastal town of Nahariya. Iron dome
The Israeli military, in a statement, said its air force "targeted a terror site located between Beirut and Sidon in response to a barrage of four rockets launched at northern Israel yesterday".
"The pilots reported direct hits to the target," the statement said, according to AFP news agency.
PFLP-GC spokesman Ramez Mustapha confirmed the group's base at Naameh was targeted by Israeli war planes at around 04:00 local time (01:00 GMT) "without causing any victims or damage".
The PFLP-GC, a Palestinian group known to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, denied it fired any rockets into Israel.
Al-Qaeda linked militant group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, said it carried out the attack.
The four rockets were fired from the Tyre region of southern Lebanon.
They caused some minor damage at a kibbutz near the Israeli coastal town of Nahariya.
An Israeli military spokesman said one of the rockets was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system.An Israeli military spokesman said one of the rockets was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system.
Rockets have been fired into Israel intermittently by militant groups since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in 2006.Rockets have been fired into Israel intermittently by militant groups since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in 2006.
But an Israeli army spokesman told the BBC he did not believe Hezbollah was behind Thursday's attack.
Lebanese news agencies reported all four rockets were fired at Israel from the Tyre region in southern Lebanon.