Middle East on boil as Hezbollah strikes Israel, Biden asks Iran to 'stand down'

Hezbollah on Saturday (local time) said it launched dozens of rockets towards Israel as tensions in the Middle East soared with Iran and its allies reading their response to the killing of Hamas's political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this week.

The group that is backed by Iran said that its rocket attacks on Moshav Beit Hillel injured civilians there, The Times of Israel reported. It also said it was a retaliatory attack to Israel's strikes on Kfar Kela and Deir Siriane in Lebanon. Most of the projectiles were intercepted by Israel's Dome system.