Tensions in Israel and Palestine have increased in recent days after Israeli police broke into the Al Aqsa mosque on two occasions.
The Israeli army bombed the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon this morning in response to rockets launched from the Strip and southern Lebanon.
According to the Israeli army, the bombings hit targets of the Palestinian group Hamas in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
The Lebanese newspaper L’Orient le Jour, for its part, reports that the rockets allegedly hit clearings near the Palestinian refugee camp Rashidiya, with no damage reported so far.
Tension in Israel and Palestine has increased in recent days during the full celebration of Ramadan after Israeli police twice broke into the Al Aqsa Mosque, located on the Esplanade of Mosques in Jerusalem.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have accused the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), with a presence in the Gaza Strip, of being behind the rocket fire from southern Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured that Israel will “strike back against its enemies”.
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has strongly condemned the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) airstrikes on Lebanon early Friday morning, accusing Israel of “violating the sovereignty of brotherly Arab countries”.
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Source: EITB
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