Israel bombs Lebanon and Gaza ahead of marking one year since attacks

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs late on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI

by LAILA BASSAM, TIMOUR AZHARI AND STEVEN SCHEER
October 7, 2024

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM – Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks that sparked its war, as Israel's defense minister declared all options were open for retaliation against arch-enemy Iran.

Hezbollah rockets launched late on Sunday got past Israeli air defense systems and landed in Haifa — Israel's third-largest city — causing damage to buildings, police said.

Israeli media reported 10 people wounded in rocket strikes in Haifa and the city of Tiberias.