Hezbollah attacks Israeli posts as Hamas fires 30 rockets from Lebanon

The military wing of Hamas said its members fired 30 rockets from south Lebanon into northern Israel Thursday, mainly targeting the towns of Nahariya and Shlomi.

Media reports said the rockets wounded three Israelis with one of the rockets slamming directly into a building in northern Israel.

The Qassam Brigades' statement came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it hit several Israeli army positions and a kibbutz along the border with missiles.

Israeli forces also shelled border areas on the Lebanese side, an Associated Press journalist in southern Lebanon said.

Hezbollah has been launching similar operations against Israel for the past 11 days now, in a show of support for the Palestinians amid Israel’s devastating bombardment of the Gaza Strip and its attempt to crush the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

At least 12 Hezbollah fighters and three Lebanese civilians -- including a journalist -- have been killed by Israeli shelling since the eruption of hostilities.

Palestinian groups and Lebanon's Jamaa Islamiya have also launched attacks on Israel from south Lebanon.

Israel said it launched airstrikes overnight Wednesday on alleged Hezbollah sites in the South.

Hezbollah has said in several statements that its attacks on the Israeli military posts are in retaliation to the killing of its fighters and Lebanese civilians and to Israel’s attacks on Lebanese territory.