Good evening. I'm John Yang. Tonight, there's renewed violence in the Middle East. The Israeli-Lebanese

border saw the heaviest exchange of attacks since Israel and the militant group Hezbollah

agreed to a ceasefire four months ago. Early this morning, Israel struck Lebanon in retaliation

for rockets that targeted Israel. Lebanese officials said two people were killed,

including a child.

Now the Israeli army says it's launching

a second wave of strikes in Lebanon.

Hezbollah has denied any involvement

in the rocket attacks.

They say they are committed to the truce.

This comes as Israel says it will intensify its offense

of Gaza until Hamas releases the remaining Israeli hostages.

Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes overnight, killed at least nine people,

including three children.

They estimate that 600 people in Gaza have been killed since Israel relaunched the war earlier this week.

Joseph Federman is a news director for the Associated Press

covering Israel, the Palestinian territories in Jordan. Let's start on the border with Lebanon.

What's behind this renewed rocket firing from Lebanon? It's not entirely clear what sparked this.

What's interesting, for the time being, it appears to be some

sort of one-off incident. Nobody's claimed responsibility for this rocket fire. It most likely

is connected to what's going on to Gaza, because that has raised tensions across the region,

but nobody is claiming responsibility. Hasbollah says it didn't do it. The Lebanese government is urging restraint.

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