Loud blasts rock different areas of Gaza, as Israel says its jets hit 10 targets including tunnels and weapons manufacturing and development sites of Hamas.
JERUSALEM/GAZA – Israel’s military hit sites in Lebanon and Gaza early on Friday, April 7, in retaliation for rocket attacks it blamed on the Islamist group Hamas, as tensions following police raids this week on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem threatened to spiral out of control.
Two Lebanese security sources said the strike hit a small structure on farmland near the area from which the rockets had been launched earlier. The cross-border strikes came amid an escalating confrontation over Israeli police raids at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which this year coincides with the Jewish Passover holiday.
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a statement condemning any military operations from its territory that threatened stability but there was no immediate comment from Hezbollah. Earlier on Thursday, before the rockets were fired, senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine said any infringement on Al-Aqsa “will inflame the entire region”.
It has long been a flashpoint for tensions. Clashes there in 2021 helped to trigger a 10-day war between Israel and Gaza.
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