about thirty rockets fired from Lebanon, Benyamin Netanyahu promises a military response

Several dozen rockets were fired Thursday, April 6, from Lebanon to Israel, the day after the violent irruption of the Israeli police in the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The Israeli army claims that “34 rockets were fired from Lebanon, five of which fell in Israel and 25 were intercepted” by air defense.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday evening condemned the firing of rockets into Israel and said that Lebanon “refuses any escalation from its territory”. Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu promised a military response on Thursday evening, a few hours after the shooting attributed by Israel to Palestinian groups. Several explosions were heard by AFP journalists in Gaza minutes before the Israeli army announced that it was “carrying out strikes on the Gaza Strip”.

The UN calls on “all actors” to “the greatest restraint”

The strikes against Israel have not been claimed. The Lebanese army has announced that it has discovered and dismantled rocket launching pads in southern Lebanon. Israel, for its part, has suggested that Hamas, in power in Gaza and whose leader is currently in Lebanon, or Islamic Jihad could be behind the firing which has not been claimed. These two formations maintain good relations with the powerful pro-Iranian Hezbollah, which de facto controls southern Lebanon.

The last rocket fire from Lebanon towards Israel was in April 2022. judging the situation “extremely serious”the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has appealed “to restraint and avoid further escalation”. The UN Secretary General condemned “the multiple rockets fired from Lebanon” and called “all actors” To “the greatest restraint”. France and the United States also condemned the shootings.