Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in response to killing of senior Hamas figure

The building where an apparent Israeli strike killed top Hamas political leader Saleh Arouri (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia has fired dozens of rockets at northern Israel, warning that the barrage was its initial response to the killing – presumably by Israel – of a senior Hamas leader in Beirut earlier this week.

The rocket attack came a day after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said his group must retaliate for the killing of Saleh Arouri, the deputy political leader of the allied Hamas group.