Israel strikes Lebanon in response to cross-border rocket fire

State news agency reports two dead and eight wounded

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An Israeli tank is positioned at the nation's border with Lebanon on March 18. © Reuters

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

That conflict marked the deadliest spillover of the Gaza war, rumbling across the border for months before escalating into a blistering Israeli offensive that wiped out Hezbollah's top commanders, many of its fighters and much of its arsenal.

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