MORE THAN 30 ROCKETS FIRED FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON, ISRAEL SAYS (Photos + Video)

Thu 06 Apr 2023:

The Israeli army on Thursday said that at least 30 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel.

Warning sirens had sounded in the town of Shlomi and in Moshav Betzet in northern Israel, the army said. It was the first rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israel since last April.

The rocket attack was followed by a burst of Israeli artillery fire back across the border, said Lebanon’s National News Agency without reporting any casualties.

According to the Lebanese report, Israeli artillery fired “several shells from its positions on the border” towards the outskirts of two villages after the launch of “several Katyusha type rockets” at Israel.

The Israeli army has said that it intercepted a barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon after Israeli police attacked Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque for the second night in a row.#AlAqsa #AlAqsaMosque #Palestine #الأقصى_في_خطر pic.twitter.com/5QUxiruqix

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came amid assults by Israeli forces on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa this week that led to regional and global condemnation of Israel. But an Israeli military spokesman blamed the Palestinian group Hamas in Lebanon for incident.

Earlier, security sources had told the Reuters news agency that the rockets had been fired by Palestinian factions, and not the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

Israel says more than 30 rockets fired from southern Lebanon
The rockets came in response to attacks by Israeli police on Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque for two nights in a row.#AlAqsa #AlAqsaMosque #Palestine #الأقصى_في_خطر pic.twitter.com/aG7pdHtqvW

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Hezbollah largely controls security in southern Lebanon, and has previously fought multiple wars with Israel. The last major conflict was in 2006.

Southern Lebanon is also home to several Palestinian refugee camps and armed factions.

On another border, Palestinian armed groups in the besieged Gaza Strip fired rockets into southern Israel for a second day in a row, according to the Israeli military.

No casualties were reported in Thursday’s early morning rocket fire from Gaza.

In Pictures: Damage caused by the rockets fired from Lebanon into the Israeli settlements in the northern Israeli-occupied Palestine, this afternoon, a day after Israeli forces’ brutal assault on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinian worshipers observing Ramadan. pic.twitter.com/VTaPW3Zcde

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 6, 2023

In a statement, the Israeli army said its Iron Dome air defense system intercepted 15 of the rockets fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel.

The army added that it has closed its airspace to civilian flights in northern Israel due to the rocket attacks.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is regularly updated on the security events and will conduct a situation assessment with the heads of the security establishment,” a statement by Netanyahu’s office said.

Most of the fired rockets are of Grad and Katyusha types, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.

So far, there has been no immediate claim of responsibility from any group in Lebanon.

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