Netanyahu Says Enemies Will Pay After Rockets from Lebanon Hit Israel

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  Israel hits Lebanon with artillery after rocket fire
  Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fire from Lebanon
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• Netanyahu Says Enemies Will Pay After Rockets from Lebanon Hit Israel
  by Henriette Chacar and Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters
  Summary
  • More than 30 rockets fired from Lebanon
  • Israel blames Hamas and Hezbollah
  • Rocket strikes follow Israeli raids on Al-Aqsa mosque
  • UN seeks de-escalation as Security Council meets

  JERUSALEM/GAZA, April 6 (Reuters) – Israeli jets hit sites across Gaza in the early hours of Friday, in retaliation for a volley of rockets fired from Lebanon, as tensions following police raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem this week threatened to spiral out of control.
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  Ground-shaking blasts shook different areas of Gaza, as Israel said its jets hit targets including tunnels and weapons manufacturing sites of Hamas, the Islamist group which controls the blockaded southern coastal strip.
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  The strikes came in response to rocket attacks from Lebanon towards northern Israeli areas, which Israeli officials blamed on Hamas. The military said 34 rockets were launched from Lebanon, of which 25 were intercepted by air defence systems, in the biggest such attack since 2006, when Israel fought a war with the heavily armed Hezbollah movement.
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