by Middle East Eye News Staff at Middle East Eye
The Israeli military launched air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday, hours after rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel on Thursday afternoon.
At least five locations across the besieged enclave were hit just after midnight local time. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Anti-ballistic missiles and rockets were fired from Gaza minutes after the Israeli aggression. Sirens sounded in several Israeli towns and cities bordering Gaza.
Earlier on Thursday, 34 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards Israel in the worst escalation between the two neighbours since the 2006 Lebanon-Israel war.
Israel blamed the barrage of rockets from Lebanon on Hamas, the Palestinian group which governs Gaza. Hamas denied knowledge of who was behind the attack.
Minutes before Israeli began bombing Gaza, the Joint Operations Room – which consists of the main armed factions in Gaza – said it was ready to respond to any aggression from Israel.
Israeli media had reported that the government was preparing to attack Gaza and Lebanon.
The Gaza strikes came while…
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