The result was perhaps the biggest exchange of fire in 10 months of a war, which began with a Hamas attack launched from Gaza and has triggered both new violence on the Lebanon-Israel border and fears of a broader conflagration in the Middle East.
JERUSALEM - Israel launched air strikes into Lebanon on Sunday, saying it destroyed"thousands" of Hezbollah rocket launchers and thwarted a major attack, while the Lebanese group insisted it had been able to deliver a drone and rocket barrage of its own.
A soldier in the Israeli navy was killed in combat and two more wounded, the military said, with an official telling AFP their boat may have been hit by one of their own side's air-defence interceptors. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi also called for the UN Security Council to take"deterrent" and"effective" measures against Netanyahu and his ministers who"kill all chances of achieving peace".Hezbollah said its militants launched"a large number of drones" and"more than 320" Katyusha rockets targeting"enemy positions" across the border.
"There were explosions in the area of Haifa," said Abigail Levy, a resident of the coastal city further south."I was stopped and was told not to go to the beach." Military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israel"was aware" of six militants"killed in the strikes". Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati told an emergency cabinet meeting he was in contact with"Lebanon's friends to stop the escalation".
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