Hours after rockets were fired on northern Israel from Lebanon on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel were in Maalot, some 20 km. (12 miles) from Nahariya as planned to attend an event marking the installation of optic fiber in the city.
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Speaking at the event, Bennett said, "Tonight, rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon. The IDF carried out retaliatory attacks. I am saying clearly: we will not allow attacks on Israel's sovereignty or security. Anyone who tries to attack us will pay a painful price. We are always operating, day and night, on all fronts, and will continue to do so."
Bennett said, "Lebanon is on the verge of collapse, like any state in which Iran gains a foothold. Its citizens are being held as hostages by [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei and [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah, for the sake of Iranian interests. That's unfortunate, but we will not allow the situation in Lebanon to spill over into Israel. As I've said, anyone who tries to hurt us will pay a painful price."
Shortly after midnight, Syrian news agency SANA reported that Israeli aircraft had carried out strikes near Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city. At approximately 4 a.m. Tuesday, Color Red sirens went off in the western Galilee, and shortly thereafter the IDF confirmed that two rockets had been launched at Israel from Lebanon.
"1 of the rockets was intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System & the 2nd rocket fell in an open area inside Israel. We remain prepared to defend Israel on all fronts," the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said on Twitter.
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