Israel strikes Lebanon in response to cross-border rocket fire

Smoke billows from the site of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the area of the southern Lebanese village of Yohmor on March 22, 2025. An Israeli strike on the south Lebanese town of Touline killed one woman on March 22, state media reported, after Israel threatened a severe response to rockets it said had been fired from Lebanon. - AFP

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday (March 22) after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

That conflict marked the deadliest spillover of the Gaza war, rumbling across the border for months before a blistering Israeli offensive that wiped out Hezbollah's top commanders, many of its fighters and much of its arsenal.