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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Gebeily and Maayan Lubell

Israel strikes targets in Lebanon in response to cross-border rocket fire

Smoke billows from the site of Israeli artillery shelling in the Lebanese village of Yohmor - (Photos by AFP via Getty)

Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

That conflict marked the deadliest spillover of the Gaza war, rumbling across the border for months before escalating into a blistering Israeli offensive that wiped out Hezbollah's top commanders, many of its fighters and much of its arsenal.

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