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JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, April 6 (Reuters) - Israel blamed the Islamist group Hamas for a volley of more than 30 rockets fired from Lebanon on Thursday, following escalating tensions after Israeli police raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem this week.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to hold a meeting of the security cabinet to decide a response to the attack, the biggest rocket attack from Lebanon since 2006, when Israel fought a war with the heavily armed Hezbollah movement.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Militants fired a heavy barrage of rockets from Lebanon at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel’s northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding at least one person and ratcheting up regional tensions as Israelis celebrated the Jewish Passover holiday.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday confirmed that Israel has nuclear weapons, breaking a long maintained policy of "ambiguity" over the matter, the Jewish National Syndicate reported.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai warned on Tuesday that the proposed National Guard should not be commanded by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir instead of the police commander.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police stormed into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early Wednesday, firing stun grenades at Palestinian youths who hurled firecrackers at them in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday season. Palestinian militants in Gaza responded with rocket fire on southern Israel, prompting repeated Israeli airstrikes.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police stormed into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early Wednesday, firing stun grenades at Palestinian youths who hurled firecrackers at them in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday season. Palestinian militants in Gaza responded with rocket fire on southern Israel, prompting repeated Israeli airstrikes.

04 Apr 2023; MEMO: Israeli intelligence and security agencies along with political leaders are worried about Syria's rapprochement with Arab states, Maan news agency reported yesterday.

The condemns, Maan reported Israeli media saying, stem from concerns about the fading hope to form an Israeli-Arab alliance against Iran.

04 Apr 2023; MEMO: Chairman of Jewish Home Party Avigdor Lieberman yesterday called on opposition leader Yair Lapid to immediately stop talks on judicial overhaul crisis.

On Twitter, Lieberman wrote: "Enough with being a buffoon. I am calling for the teams of Yesh Atid and the state camp to stop participating in [Prime Minister] Bibi's blame game. It's time for you to say in a clear voice: we are not cooperating with Netanyahu's fraud."

04 Apr 2023; MEMO: A proposed Israeli-funded internet cable project aims to connect Gulf states with the occupation state after "gaining traction" in Saudi Arabia, according to a report yesterday by Middle East Eye (MEE).

04 Apr 2023; MEMO: A number of websites belonging to major Israeli universities came under cyber-attack on Tuesday, according to local media, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The attack targeted the websites of Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Haifa University, Weizmann Institute of Science, Open University of Israel and Reichman University, The Jerusalem Post reported.