Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon exchange fire with Israel

Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

The military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas said it had fired rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel on Monday, triggering Israeli airstrikes on the Lebanese side of the border.

The Qassam Brigades said in a statement that its militants fired 16 rockets on the town of Nahariya and the southern outskirts of the city of Haifa in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Gaza.