Israeli forces bombarded the Gaza Strip and Lebanon before dawn on Friday, saying they were targeting Palestinian militant group Hamas in retaliation for several dozen rockets fired at Israel from both territories. The bombardment was launched around 4 am (0100 GMT), hitting both the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, an Israeli army statement said. The military “struck targets including terror infrastructures belonging to the Hamas terrorist organisation in southern Lebanon”, it said. Explosions were heard by AFP journalists in Lebanon’s Tyre region as well as the Gaza Strip, where Israeli air raids had begun before midnight. Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, condemned the “appalling Israeli aggression” and said it “holds the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the consequences”.

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