Israel Bombs Lebanon and Gaza, Sparking Fears of Escalating Conflict
Fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East mounted Friday after Israel bombed Lebanon and the occupied Gaza Strip in the early hours of the morning, an assault that followed two consecutive nights of violent raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The raids spurred global condemnation and retaliatory rocket fire from southern Lebanon and Gaza, prompting Israel’s latest barrage of airstrikes.