More than 358 wounded in explosions outside mosques in northern Lebanese city; explosions in the largely Sunni Muslim city appear to be coordinated; Hezbollah says ''terrorist explosions'' aim to provoke sectarian tensions.
In response to rocket fire from southern Lebanon, PM says Israel working to protect citizens; United States condemns rocket fire, but urges ''restraint'' while right-wing MKs call on government to retaliate.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has expressed shock at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments accusing Israel of orchestrating the military coup in Egypt while claiming his “evidence” was provided by an unidentified “Jewish French intellectual.”
The Swiss parliament’s foreign affairs committee has called on Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter to cancel the bid to nominate Jean Ziegler–-a former Social Democratic MP known for his virulent anti-Israel positions - to serve as an adviser to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Four rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into the Western Galilee region in Israel on Thursday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Israel’s foreign ministry spokesman, Yigal Palmor, said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments that Israel was behind the military coup that deposed Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last month ''did not merit a response.''