When a volley of rockets are launched over the border, Israel starts attacks in Lebanon and Gaza.

Israel said it struck targets belonging to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Lebanon and Gaza on Friday, hours after dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory. The strikes were the largest since a 2006 war between the two countries and raised fears of a wider regional escalation. Two Israeli sisters were killed and their mother was seriously wounded in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) international spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said the strikes were focused mainly on Palestinian targets in the area from which they believe the rockets were launched into Israel. Lebanon said it would submit an official complaint to the UN Security Council, calling Israel’s strikes a “flagrant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty.” Hamas also condemned the strikes and expressed “solidarity with the Lebanese people.” The Palestinian Ministry of Health said a children’s hospital in Gaza City was damaged by the strikes, distressing the young patients inside.

The Israeli strikes targeted 10 sites in Gaza, including production sites and research and development sites as well as tunnel infrastructure. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said a children’s hospital in Gaza