Hamas said “individual” actors were responsible for firing rockets towards Israel from Lebanon after it handed over several people, saying it was committed to the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel.

“The rocket launching incident was an individual act carried out by a number of young people… in reaction to the genocidal war and massacres committed by the Zionist enemy in Gaza,” a statement from Hamas representative in Lebanon Ahmad Abdulhadi said.

“Hamas did not know about this in advance and did not decide to do this.”