BEIRUT -- Lebanon's Hezbollah on Friday night mourned the acting commander of its Elite Radwan Force, Ibrahim Akil, who was killed earlier in the day by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs.

"Today, the great jihadist leader Ibrahim Akil joined the procession of his brothers, the great martyr leaders, after a blessed life full of jihad, work, wounds, sacrifices, risks, challenges, achievements, and victories," read a statement released by Hezbollah. (Lebanon-Israel-Deaths)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli media reported that more than 100 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday afternoon, prompting the Israeli army to advise civilians in the region to stay close to bomb shelters.

Among the damage, a direct hit was reported on a building at a dairy farm in Kibbutz Ortal, located in the northern Golan Regional Council, an Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. A power outage also occurred in Safed in Israel's Northern District due to the barrage. (Israel-Barrage-Lebanon)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian border guards thwarted an infiltration attempt by a "terrorist group" in an operation at the southeastern border, killing two of its members, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Friday.

Members of the group sought to enter Iran from a border crossing in Sirkan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan to perpetrate "acts of sabotage" in the country, Fars quoted Iran's Border Guards Commander Ahmad Ali Goudarzi as saying. (Iran-Borders-Operation)

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GAZA -- At least 16 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a residential home and a vehicle in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said on Friday.

Local Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes targeted the home of the "Dheir" family in the Sobah area, north of Rafah city. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel) Enditem

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