UPDATE - Israel reports rocket, drone attacks from Lebanon, Iraq amid regional tension

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By Zein Khalil

JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel reported the launch of rockets from Lebanon and a drone from Iraq on Sunday as regional tension continues to escalate over Tel Aviv’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

A military statement said that 15 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israeli settlements in Upper Galilee in northern Israel.

The army said some of the rockets were intercepted, while the rest hit open areas.

Israel’s Army Radio said one person was slightly injured from the rocket fire in Upper Galilee.

The Israeli army said its forces also intercepted a drone fired from the east, a term used by the military to describe attacks from Iraq.

Israeli media earlier reported that the drone had fallen in the city of Yavne, south of Tel Aviv.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.

The Lebanese group Hezbollah, for its part, confirmed that it targeted with rockets the Kiryat region in northern Haifa.

Regional tension has escalated due to Israel’s brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 43,800 people, mostly women and children, since a Hamas attack last year.

The conflict has spread to Lebanon, with Israel launching deadly strikes across the country in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of the Gaza war.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi and Rania Abu Shamala