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Israel carries out airstrikes in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip

Israel carries out airstrikes in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip

 

Israeli jets struck sites in Lebanon and Gaza in retaliation for rocket attacks blamed on the Islamist group Hamas, as tensions following police raids on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque this week threatened to spiral out of control.

Two explosions were heard in Gaza. It was not immediately clear what had been targeted, but Israel said its planes struck targets including tunnels and weapons manufacturing sites of Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the landlocked southern coastal strip.

"Israel's response, tonight and later, will exact a significant price from our enemies," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after a security cabinet meeting to discuss what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) described as the missile the largest since the 2006 war in the north. Israel. Most of the 34 shells were intercepted, but there were two minor injuries and one fire.

AFP reported at least three explosions in southern Lebanon's Tire region with at least two shells landing near a Palestinian refugee camp near the city of Tire. A rocket fell on a farmer's house near the camp, causing material damage, an AFP correspondent in the area said.

Hezbollah's pro-Iranian Al-Manar channel reported that the bombings had targeted three areas in southern Lebanon, including the refugee camp area.

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