Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian anti-aircraft post in Lebanon to retaliate for a Hezbollah rocket attack last Friday that wounded two Israeli soldiers, one of them seriously. Hezbollah gunmen answered Israeli action by firing mortars and rockets at Israeli army positions along the border with Lebanon.
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