By Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Liam Stack and Natan Odenheimer
Israel’s military kept up its strikes on two fronts Monday, with an intense barrage on southern Lebanon and a retaliatory attack targeting Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip, a sign of how significantly the fighting has spread in the year since Hamas’ cross-border assault.
As Israelis commemorated the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked Israel’s war in Gaza, Hamas targeted what it called “the depths of the occupation” in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a rare rocket attack that left little damage. Hours later, Israel responded with what it said was an attack on the rocket launcher that had fired the projectiles.
At the same time, Israel said it was conducting “extensive” strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Dahiya, the densely packed cluster of neighborhoods adjoining Beirut. The skyline in Beirut has been thick with smoke after days of bombardment.
Israel said that it had sent more troops to Lebanon to join the invasion it launched last week to fight Hezbollah, and called on more residents in the country’s south to evacuate.
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