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| Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack | Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack |
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| Plumes of smokes were seen rising above Gaza City after Israeli strikes | Plumes of smokes were seen rising above Gaza City after Israeli strikes |
| Israel's military says it has struck targets linked to Palestinian militant group Hamas inside Lebanon and across the Gaza Strip. | |
| The attacks come after a major rocket barrage on Israel from Lebanon, which the Israelis blamed on Hamas. | |
| The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Hamas' "terrorist" infrastructure was hit in southern Lebanon. | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Hamas' "terrorist" infrastructure was hit in southern Lebanon. |
| Tensions are high after Israeli police raided Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on consecutive nights earlier this week. | Tensions are high after Israeli police raided Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on consecutive nights earlier this week. |
| The mosque is Islam's third holiest site, and the Israeli raids have triggered violent confrontations with Palestinians inside and caused outrage in the wider region. | |
| Ramadan and Passover raise tensions at Jerusalem holy site | Ramadan and Passover raise tensions at Jerusalem holy site |
| Violence as Israeli police raid al-Aqsa mosque | Violence as Israeli police raid al-Aqsa mosque |
| Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was in Lebanon when the rockets were launched, said Palestinians would not "sit with their arms crossed" in the face of Israeli aggression. | |
| In a statement early on Friday, the IDF tweeted that it had truck targets "including terrorist infrastructures belonging to Hamas in southern Lebanon". | |
| The IDF added that it would not allow Hamas to operate from Lebanon and held Lebanon "responsible for every directed fire emanating from its territory". | |
| In the Israeli border town of Shlomi, the rockets left craters in the road, and damaged vehicles and a bank | |
| Hamas said it had no information about who fired the missiles from Lebanon on Thursday. | |
| The attack was the biggest single barrage from Israel's northern neighbour in 17 years, with Israel reporting that most of the 34 rockets were intercepted - but that six caused damage to buildings. | |
| Israeli warplanes also stepped up air strikes in Gaza, with around 20 missiles striking four new sites in 10 minutes. Palestinian militants also fired a new round of rockets at southern Israel, where warning sirens were heard sounding. | |
| The Israeli jets attacked an underground weapons production site and three above-ground sites, the IDF spokesperson's unit was quoted as saying by the Jerusalem Post. | |
| The Israeli airstrikes are said to be the heaviest since a round of fighting with Islamic Jihad in August 2022. | |
| The Israeli response came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an urgent security cabinet meeting. | |
| In a televised address, he said: "We will hit our enemies and they will pay a price for all acts of aggression." He also called for a calming of tensions, adding "we will act decisively against extremists who use violence". | |
| Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned any military operations from the country's territory that "destabilise the situation". | |
| The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Unifil, said the situation was "extremely serious" and urged "restraint and to avoid further escalation". | |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Israel & the Palestinians | Israel & the Palestinians |
| Israel | Israel |
| Lebanon | Lebanon |
| Palestinian territories | Palestinian territories |
| Gaza | Gaza |
| Hamas | Hamas |
| Jerusalem | Jerusalem |