Several explosions were heard in the Gaza Strip just after midnight. Eyewitnesses say they saw fighter jets in the air, reports Reuters. On Twitter, the Israeli army confirms that they are carrying out airstrikes. Photo: Fatima Shbair / AP In the picture you can see strong flames and smoke rising above Gaza City. The Israeli airstrikes targeted four places on the Gaza Strip where they believe the Islamist group Hamas is based and where they are supposed to have weapons factories. Hamar confirms that they are firing rockets at Israel Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, reports via its news agency that it has carried out several airstrikes against Israel in the last 24 hours. Last night, the Israeli Air Force shot down many rockets near Ashkelon. Photo: AMIR COHEN / Reuters Air defense sirens were heard in several Israeli cities near the Gaza Strip overnight on Friday. The Israeli Defense Forces also reports that a series of rockets have been fired at towns in southern Israel from Palestinian territory on the Gaza Strip. Hamas says the number is 25. The Israeli air force, Iron Dome, shot down most of them, the Israeli defense says. Israel bombed Hamas positions in Lebanon The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed last night that they have attacked what they say are Hamas positions in southern Lebanon. Lebanese online newspapers report explosions in the port city of Tyre. Naharnet writes that there have been at least three explosions at dawn. According to Mena, two of them were in the vicinity of the Palestinian refugee camp Rashidieh. Several houses are said to have been destroyed. The IDF reports that it has hit “targets that include terrorist infrastructure belonging to Hamas”. – We will not allow the terrorist organization Hamas to operate from Lebanon, and hold the Lebanese state responsible for all attacks that come from their territory, the IDF wrote on Twitter. House on fire in Bezet in the north of Israel after a rocket attack from Lebanon on Thursday. Photo: Fadi Amun / AP Rockets from Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Maundy Thursday a strong response to rocket attacks against the country. Netanyahu threatened Lebanon with retaliation after at least 34 rockets were fired from Lebanese soil on Thursday. This shop in Shlomi, in the north of Israel, was hit by one of the 34 rockets that came down from Lebanon. Photo: RONEN ZVULUN / Reuters Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati says his government distances itself from the launching of rockets against Israel from Lebanese territory. In a statement, Mikati writes that Lebanon rejects the use of its territory “for actions that could destabilize the situation”. Israel has threatened retaliation against Palestinian groups that the country believes are behind the attack. According to the Israeli Defense Forces, 25 of the 34 rockets were shot down by the Israeli Air Force. Six rockets land on Israeli soil, but no serious injuries have been reported. One man was slightly injured by shrapnel. The last three rockets are still under investigation. House in Qalili in Lebanon destroyed in an Israeli rocket attack. Photo: Mohammad Zaatari / AP Tension at breaking point Tension in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at breaking point after Israeli police entered the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem twice in the last week. CONFRONTATION: Palestinians and Israeli police forces faced each other inside the area of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo: AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP The Israeli police forces entered the area and tried to get people out of the mosque using stun grenades and rubber bullets, the Reuters news agency is informed. Palestinians are said to have responded by throwing objects at the police. Six people were injured in the latest clashes, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Waqf, the government body that manages Islamic treasures, says Israeli police on Wednesday night threw grenades and other objects at people to disperse them. The Israeli police, for their part, claim that dozens of young people created chaos by throwing rocks and lanyards at the police. Sinna was at a boil after several hundred people were arrested the night before. The police say that it was necessary to enter the mosque to retrieve young people who had barricaded themselves with fireworks, sticks and stones. 50 people were injured during the action, according to Raude Halvmåne.
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