Rocket fire from Lebanon targeted Israel Thursday after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Islam’s third-holiest site drew warnings of retaliation from around the region.
Israel’s army said it had intercepted a rocket in the attack which was not immediately claimed by any group and denied Lebanese media reports that it had launched retaliatory strikes.
“A rocket was fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory and was successfully intercepted,” an army statement said as Israeli media reported a “salvo” of projectiles had been fired into Israel.
The attack came amid heightened tensions after Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque before dawn Wednesday and again in the evening.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “receiving continuous updates about the security situation and will conduct an assessment with the heads of the security establishment,”…
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