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| Militias in Lebanon Fire Rocket Barrage Into Israel | Militias in Lebanon Fire Rocket Barrage Into Israel |
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| Armed groups in Lebanon fired a heavy barrage of rockets toward Israel on Thursday, in an unusual and serious escalation that followed weeks of growing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia and political group that dominates southern Lebanon. | Armed groups in Lebanon fired a heavy barrage of rockets toward Israel on Thursday, in an unusual and serious escalation that followed weeks of growing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia and political group that dominates southern Lebanon. |
| The attack came a day after an Israeli police raid on a mosque at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, which was met with widespread anger outside of Israel, particularly among Muslims. | The attack came a day after an Israeli police raid on a mosque at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, which was met with widespread anger outside of Israel, particularly among Muslims. |
| An emergency medical group, Magen David Adom, said that several people inside Israel were hurt — including one person hit by shrapnel. | An emergency medical group, Magen David Adom, said that several people inside Israel were hurt — including one person hit by shrapnel. |
| Israel fought a full-scale war with Hezbollah in 2006 and regularly strikes Hezbollah-linked targets in allied Syria, and occasionally in Lebanon. But confrontations on the Israeli-Lebanese border had been kept in relative check over the past decade. | Israel fought a full-scale war with Hezbollah in 2006 and regularly strikes Hezbollah-linked targets in allied Syria, and occasionally in Lebanon. But confrontations on the Israeli-Lebanese border had been kept in relative check over the past decade. |
| Hezbollah has not claimed responsibility. | |
| Fears of a larger battle rose in recent weeks, however, after a man whom Israeli officials suspect was connected to Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon to Israel last month. The man planted a roadside bomb beside an Israeli highway before he was shot and killed by Israeli security officers. | Fears of a larger battle rose in recent weeks, however, after a man whom Israeli officials suspect was connected to Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon to Israel last month. The man planted a roadside bomb beside an Israeli highway before he was shot and killed by Israeli security officers. |
| Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, recently claimed that Israel was on the verge of collapse, referring to the domestic political crisis over a proposed judicial overhaul that has exacerbated longstanding divisions within Israeli society. | Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, recently claimed that Israel was on the verge of collapse, referring to the domestic political crisis over a proposed judicial overhaul that has exacerbated longstanding divisions within Israeli society. |
| The rockets from Lebanon compound a tense security situation for Israel. | The rockets from Lebanon compound a tense security situation for Israel. |
| Unrest and violence have also been at unusually high levels in the occupied West Bank. And there was a surge this week in rocket fire from Gaza following the Jerusalem mosque raid. | Unrest and violence have also been at unusually high levels in the occupied West Bank. And there was a surge this week in rocket fire from Gaza following the Jerusalem mosque raid. |