![]() The Iran-backed group, armed with thousands of rockets and missiles, holds sway over much of southern Lebanon and is viewed by Israel as a bitter foe. Israeli strikes in Lebanon risk drawing Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia into the fighting, which could lead to war. Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza Strip on April 7, 2023. The Israeli military said it targeted installations of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, in southern Lebanon.Īssociated Press correspondents in the area said several missiles fired by Israeli warplanes struck an open field in the town of Qalili near the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh, close to the coastal southern city of Tyre, while others struck a bridge and power transformer in the nearby town of Maaliya and a farm on the outskirts of Rashidiyeh, killing several sheep. In 2021, an escalation also triggered by clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, spilled over into an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers.įriday’s strikes in southern Lebanon came a day after militants fired nearly three dozen rockets from there at Israel, wounding two people and causing some property damage. The cross-border fighting erupted during a time of heightened religious fervor - when Jews are celebrating the Passover holiday and Muslims are marking the Ramadan holy month. JERUSALEM - Israel launched rare strikes in southern Lebanon early Friday and pressed on with bombing targets in the Gaza Strip, marking a widening escalation in the region following violence this week at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. ![]() Yup: Israelīiden’s fearmongering campaign, Haley’s wise words on abortion and other commentary Guess the new Human Rights Watch director’s first target. McCarthy vows he’ll invite Netanyahu to US if Biden doesn’t McCarthy rips Russian reporter questioning US aid to Ukraine: ‘You should pull out’
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