A total of 34 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israel on Thursday, of which 25 were intercepted by anti-aircraft defense, and at least five fell on Israeli territory, in the largest attack since 2006, the army said, which in response bombed South Lebanese.
The projectiles, the launch of which it has not been officially credited to any groupcaused at least two injuries from shrapnel in northern Israel, where alarms went off in several cities in the area.
In response, Israel shelled southern Lebanon in an atmosphere particularly tense after clashes between police and Palestinian worshipers at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Israeli National Information Agency specified that the bombings occurred in response to the firing of “several rockets Katyusha typeagainst Israel.
The rockets set off alarm sirens in the cities of Shlomi and Moshav Betzet, as well as in the region of Galileein northern Israel, the army said.
The last time a rocket was fired from Lebanon towards Israel was in April 2022.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who leads the coalition formed by ultra-Orthodox nationalist and right-wing Zionist parties, receives “continuous updates on the security situation and will carry out an assessment with the heads of the security forces”. his cabinet.
According to the rescue services, there would be a man and a woman injured.
Incidents in Jerusalem
Israel has drawn international condemnation after police intervened early Wednesday to violently evict Palestinian worshipers from mosques in Jerusalem, Islam’s third holiest site.
Since the beginning of Ramadan on March 22, dozens of Muslim worshipers have repeatedly attempted to spend the night at Al Aqsa Mosque, a practice generally permitted only during the last 10 days of Ramadan. and the Israeli police entered every night to evict the faithful.
Wednesday’s surgery, which he left 350 detained according to the police and 37 injured according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, it triggered a rocket escalation from Gaza and Israeli bombing.
The incident occurred in the midst of the celebrations of Passover and the Muslim month of Ramadan.
Hezbollahthe powerful Lebanese and pro-Iranian movement with an armed branch had warned a few hours earlier that it would support “all measures” taken by Palestinian organizations against Israel after the clashes.
“Hezbollah strongly denounces the assault by the Israeli occupation forces on the esplanade of the Al Aqsa mosque and their attacks on the faithful”, reads a statement from the Shiite formation.
The Islamist movement, Israel’s sworn enemy, has good relations with Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, and with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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Source: Clarin
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