Israel launched rockets at an artillery launch site in Lebanon on Aug. 5 as a response to attacks from the Lebanese earlier this week, officials said. The Israeli military said its fighter jets targeted the launch sites from which the Lebanese rocket attacks originated on Aug. 4. A separate infrastructure used in past terror attacks on Israeli territory was also struck in the airstrikes. “Fighter jets struck the launch sites and infrastructure used for terror in Lebanon from which the rockets were launched,” the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said in a statement. The strikes reportedly hit an empty area in the Marjayoun district. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The IDF stated that the attack serves as a warning to the state of Lebanon to prevent “further attempts to harm Israeli civilians and Israel’s sovereignty,” as Israel blames the country for the heavy fire of artillery the previous day. Multiple …
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