Netanyahu: Israel will 'not allow Hamas to establish itself in Lebanon'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel "will not allow the terrorist Hamas to establish itself in Lebanon".

Netanyahu vowed at a news conference Monday to restore security "on all fronts" after surging violence that included rocket fire from Lebanon and Syria and two more deaths on Monday.

The day after Israeli police on Wednesday stormed the prayer hall of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque -- Islam's third-holiest site -- more than 30 rockets were fired from Lebanese soil into Israel.

The Israeli army said the attack was most likely carried out by the Palestinian armed movement Hamas.

Israel then bombarded the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, targeting "terror infrastructures" it said belonged to Hamas.