A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese militia Hezbollah is in jeopardy after the Israeli military said it intercepted three rockets fired from Lebanon.
As Israel responded with strikes on southern Lebanon, the Lebanese prime minister warned against being dragged into a "new war."
Israel's military warned it would "respond severely" after it intercepted three rockets fired from Lebanon.
Lebanon's prime minister, Nawaf Salam, on Saturday warned that renewed Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon risks "dragging the country into a new war, which will bring woes to Lebanon and the Lebanese people," he said in a statement.
Salam's statement came as Israel promised a "severe response" to rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon earlier in the day. Lebanese media reported Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon shortly after.
On Saturday morning, Israeli's army said it intercepted three rockets from Lebanon. Air raid sirens were heard in the Israeli border town of Metula, and the army said it was the first time sirens were sounded in response to rocket fire from Lebanon since November 2024.
The exchange of cross-border fire on Saturday was the first such incident on the Israel-Lebanon border since Israel resumed military operations targeting Hamas in Gaza, effectively abandoning a ceasefire there.
Source: DW
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