Newsweek:

Israel experienced an array of rocket attacks from Lebanon on Thursday, which appeared to be sent from Hamas, an Islamist Palestinian militant group.

In a video posted to Twitter on Friday morning, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) international spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht said that Israel’s “Iron Dome Aerial Defense System has been operating to intercept the rockets saving countless lives and preventing wide-scale damage on the home front.”

“The IDF is actively looking to deescalate the situation in order to ensure freedom of worship and safety for civilians of all faiths, as they celebrate Passover, Ramadan and Easter,” he said in the video.

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