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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded by dispatching fighter jets and deploying artillery to bombard Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.

The overnight operation targeted buildings identified by the IDF as Hezbollah hideouts in Kafr Kila, as well as other infrastructure in Houla, Biyyada and Rab al-Thalathine. Rocket warning sirens sounded in the Lebanese border town of Metula shortly before 3 a.m. on July 1, The Times of Israel reported.

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Meanwhile, the Iraqi Resistance Coordination Committee (a group of armed organizations) announced that it would increase its attacks on Israel if tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon turned into a full-scale war, according to Al Mayadeen . The committee also threatened the Washington administration, warning that if war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah, US interests in Iraq and throughout the Middle East would become targets of attack.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with IDF units in southern Gaza on June 30.

Also yesterday, the IDF recorded at least 20 rockets fired from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip towards Israeli communities on the border, according to AFP. Some of the rockets were intercepted, while the rest fell in southern Israel, but caused no casualties or damage. The IDF responded by shelling the area where the rockets were fired. Later, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad organization, the Al-Quds Brigade, claimed responsibility for the rocket attack.

On June 30, Israeli forces continued to penetrate deep into the Shejaia area in northern Gaza, as well as the western and central areas of Rafah City in the south.

In another development, Israel yesterday released 55 Palestinian prisoners, including Mr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Israeli forces arrested Mr. Salmiya in November last year during a military operation in the Gaza Strip.

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