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Explosions heard in northern Israeli cities | |
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Explosions have been heard in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon. | |
Reports say that air raid sirens were heard across northern Israel around the time of the blasts, but no casualties were reported. | |
Lebanese and Israeli officials said that four rockets had been fired from southern Lebanon, a stronghold of the Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah. | |
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. |
Sirens were heard across the area, including in the towns of Nahariya and Kiryat Shemona. | |
However, an Israeli army spokesman told the BBC that Israel believed "global jihad organisations" were behind the attack. | |
Army radio said that one of the rockets was intercepted by the country's Iron Dome anti-missile defence system. |