Israel is launching airstrikes in Lebanon, hours after a barrage of rockets launched from the southern parts of the country hit areas in northern Israel, in the largest such attack in some 17 years.
The Israel Defense Forces blamed the Thursday afternoon rocket attacks on the Hamas terror group, which has a presence in southern Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps.
The IDF says details on the strikes in Lebanon will follow.
Israel has also been launching airstrikes in Gaza on Friday morning in response to the attacks.
Rocket sirens have been sounding in southern Israel.
Rocket siren sounds in southern Ashkelon
An incoming rocket siren is sounding in southern Ashkelon as Israel carries out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
The military says the incident is under review.
A short while earlier, incoming rocket alerts were activated in towns near the Palestinian enclave and in open areas along the Gaza border.
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The sirens come as the Israeli Air Force strikes sites in the Gaza Strip.
IDF strikes anti-aircraft missile launcher in northern Gaza
The Israeli military says a manned aircraft struck a launcher for anti-aircraft missiles from which such projectiles were launched earlier at Israeli planes and at Israeli territory.
“The IDF attacked tonight, using a remotely manned aircraft, a heavy launcher from which missiles were fired at IDF aircraft and Israeli territory,” the military says.
Earlier, Palestinian media reported that Hamas members launched anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli aircraft over the Gaza Strip amid Israeli airstrikes.
The shoulder-launched missiles are not thought to pose a threat to Israeli fighter jets, although they have set off incoming rocket siren alarms in southern Israel in the past.
The ongoing strikes are being conducted following recent rocket attacks from Gaza, as well as a rocket barrage from Lebanon, which has also been blamed on Hamas.
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