A cautious calm prevails after the Israeli army bombed targets in Lebanon and Gaza early Friday morning in response to rocket attacks Israel blames on Hamas, at a time when tensions arose from the Israeli police assault on the Al-Aqsa Mosque campus on this week. threatens to spiral out of control. During the night, Israeli forces fired on 3 Hamas sites in southern Lebanon and more than 10 military targets in the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian militants fired more than 40 rockets at Israel since midnight.
An Israeli army spokesman said the army used about 50 tons of ammunition to attack Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation reported. He pointed out that 44 rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel at night, 8 of which were intercepted by air defenses, 9 more did not cross the borders of the sector, 12 flew towards the sea, 14 fell in a deserted area, and one rocket exploded near the city of Sderot.
