Israel retaliates with strikes on Hamas in Lebanon and Gaza.

Israel carried out air raids in southern Lebanon targeting Hamas positions in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas in Lebanon. The firing of rockets came after Israeli police attacked Palestinians worshippers inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque for the second night in a row this week. The Lebanese government said its troops and United Nations peacekeepers had launched an investigation to find the perpetrators. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rocket fire, but the Israeli army believed that Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad could be involved. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government were also held responsible.