Israeli military spokesman Richard Hecht said either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, both of which are based in Gaza but also operate in Lebanon, could be involved. The Israeli army said it believed the rocket fire was “a Palestinian-oriented event”, connected to the violence in Jerusalem. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rocket fire, which came amid assaults by Israeli forces on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa this week that led to regional and global condemnation of Israel. On Friday, the Lebanese army said in a statement it had located a rocket launcher, including several rockets, in the town of Marjaajoun, near the Israeli border. The Lebanese government said its troops and United Nations peacekeepers had launched an investigation to find the perpetrators. No casualties were reported and most missiles fell in open spaces.
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A Lebanese TV station reported explosions near a Palestinian refugee camp in the southern port city of Tyre. Israel’s army announced in a short statement at 4:07am (01:07 GMT) on Friday that it “is currently striking in Lebanon”. Medics in Israel said three people were injured in the rocket fire, including a 19-year-old man with shrapnel injuries in mild condition and a 60-year-old woman injured while running to a nearby shelter. It was the first rockets fired from Lebanon towards Israel since last April and the biggest launch since Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Shia movement Hezbollah fought a war in 2006. The Israeli military tweeted on Thursday that 34 rockets had been fired from Lebanon, with 25 intercepted, and at least four landing in Israel.
Here’s what you need to know: What happened? The firing of rockets come after Israeli police attacked Palestinians worshippers inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque for the second night in a row this week. Separately, it launched air attacks overnight on the besieged Gaza Strip, which is run by Hamas. The Israeli army said the bombardment in the early hours of Friday was in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas in Lebanon the previous day. Israel has carried out air raids in southern Lebanon, targeting what it said were positions of the Palestinian group Hamas.
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