The Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon have both been the targets of airstrikes by the Israeli military against Hamas sites.
The military claimed that the assaults were in retaliation for a barrage of 34 rockets that Hamas was responsible for firing on Thursday from Lebanon into northern Israel. Once the raids started, militants in Gaza fired dozens more rockets.
After two nights of Israeli police raids at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem earlier this week, tensions are high. The third holiest mosque in Islam was the scene of violent clashes with Palestinians after the raids, which infuriated people in the area.
A few explosions occurred overnight near the Rashidieh Palestinian refugee camp, which is located 3 miles (5 kilometers) south of Tyre, a city on the coast of Lebanon.
A further 4 km to the south, on the fringes of the village of al-Qulaila, Lebanese media also reported strikes. A minor bridge appeared to have been destroyed in pictures.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that its warplanes struck "terrorist infrastructures belonging to Hamas" in Lebanon. "The IDF will not allow the Hamas terrorist organization to operate from within Lebanon and hold the state of Lebanon responsible for every directed fire emanating from its territory," it warned.
Hamas said it strongly condemned "the blatant Zionist aggression against Lebanon in the vicinity of Tyre at dawn today [Friday]".
25 of the 34 rockets were intercepted, but that five hit Israeli territory, the Israeli military said. PM Benjamin Netanyahu promised that Israel's response would "exact a significant price from our enemies".
(Photo: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES& Reuters)
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