Israel launched airstrikes in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip early Friday after a barrage of rockets was fired from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, as the risk of wide-scale regional conflict grows. Follow our live updates on the attacks.
JERUSALEM — Israel carried out airstrikes in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip early Friday in retaliation to a barrage of rockets that wasfired from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, as the risk of a wide-scale regional conflict grew after Israeli police raided the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem during Ramadan.warned that Israel’s response to the rocket barrage would “exact a heavy price.
UNIFIL, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, said it had been informed by Israel of the start of an artillery operation and that shortly after, loud explosions were heard around the southern port city of Tyre. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the rockets fired toward Israel from south Lebanon, but Hezbollah, the militant group that holds sway over parts of the area, on Thursday warned that it would response to Israeli actions against Lebanon “swiftly and directly.”warned that Israel’s response to the rocket barrage would “exact a heavy price.
UNIFIL, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, said it had been informed by Israel of the start of an artillery operation and that shortly after, loud explosions were heard around the southern port city of Tyre. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the rockets fired toward Israel from south Lebanon, but Hezbollah, the militant group that holds sway over parts of the area, on Thursday warned that it would response to Israeli actions against Lebanon “swiftly and directly.”
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