Middle East crisis: Israel launches more strikes in Lebanon – as it happened
by Adam Fulton and (earlier) Fran Lawther, Léonie Ch from World news | The Guardian on (#6R1YF)
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The Israeli military said drones and rockets crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon on Friday, as Lebanon's Hezbollah claimed a rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tiberias (see 9am BST).
The drones infiltrated the coastal area of Rosh HaNikra and were intercepted by the military's defences, the Israeli military said, adding several rockets were also intercepted.
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