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The United States warns against further escalation in the Middle East after a suspected Israeli attack on a Hamas leader in Lebanon and deadly blasts in Iran. "It is in no one's interest -- not in the interest of any country in the region, not in the interest of any country in the world -- to see this conflict. escalated any further than it already is," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States on Wednesday rejects suggestions that ally Israel or Washington is behind deadly blasts in Iran at the grave of Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed four years ago in a US strike. "The United States was not involved in any way, and any suggestion to the contrary is ridiculous," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The White House accuses Iran of "actively facilitating" attacks on US bases in the Middle East, as it expresses concern over the potential for escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. SOUNDBITE
The US military's Central Command releases images of strikes on targets in northeastern Syria. Centcom, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, said in a statement, "US forces responded today to rocket attacks at two sites in Syria, destroying three vehicles and equipment used to launch some of the rockets." Centcom added that four suspected Iran-backed militants responsible for one of the attacks were killed. IMAGES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the central city of Lod after declared a state of emergency. A man and a girl were killed in Lod after the car they were in was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Israeli police said. IMAGES
Militants in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula fired rockets into southern Israel on Friday in an incident that caused no casualties but appeared to be connected to fighting between Islamist insurgents and Egyptian security forces.