Israel warns of 'severe response' to strikes from Lebanon


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  • Saturday, 22 Mar 2025

An Israeli soldier stands above the Israeli border town of Metula, just by the Israel-Lebanon border on its Israeli side on March 22, 2025. – Reuters

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP): Israel says it will respond "severely" to an attack from Lebanon after rockets were fired into northern Israel Saturday morning, a day after it vowed to increase the intensity of its operations in Gaza.

Israel's army said the intercepted rockets were targeting the Israeli town of Metula. This is the second time rockets have been fired from Lebanon into Israel since December, sparking concern about whether the fragile ceasefire with the Lebanese group Hezbollah would hold.

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