Several rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel. The rockets were destroyed by Israel's air defense system. But tensions are rising in the Middle East after the assassination of the head of the political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. Lebanon's Hezbollah has fired nearly fifty rockets into Israel. Sirens wailed in Israel's northern regions. But the rockets were destroyed before they hit the ground thanks to Israel's air defense system called the Iron Dome. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that Haniyeh's room had been hit from outside by a short-range rocket with a warhead of about seven kilograms. Iran has declared that revenge will be fierce. The Middle East is on edge because of Iranian and Lebanese retaliation against Israel. The United States has sent warships and a fleet of fighter jets to the region in support of Israel. Hamas leader Haniyeh was targeted by a short-range rocket with a warhead. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards made a statement about the assassination of Haniyeh. According to it, the Hamas leader's room was hit from the outside by a short-range rocket with a warhead of about seven kilograms. Israel, as well as the United States, was blamed for the attack. The plan to kill Haniyeh was conceived and implemented by the Israeli Zionist regime with the support of the criminal US government, it said. Tehran's revenge will be fierce at the appropriate time and place. According to the British Telegraph newspaper, the Mossad was originally planning to kill Haniyeh in May. The plan was to kill Haniyeh at the funeral of Iranian President Ibrahim Reis, who died in a helicopter crash, but this plan was canceled due to fears that it might fail. The Mossad then allegedly recruited agents from within the Revolutionary Guards to plant explosives in the room where Haniyeh was staying. Retaliatory tensions are running high in the Middle East following Israel's double assassinations in Iran and Lebanon. Iran's Channel Three television broadcast a message of preparedness at night. The world will witness very important developments in the coming hours. The Kayhan newspaper, run by a representative of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, also reported that retaliation would target areas deep inside Israel, such as Tel Aviv and Haifa. It said Iran would strike strategic centers in Israel and the residences of Israeli officials involved in the killing of Haniyeh. The newspaper claimed that Israeli ships traveling from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea would also be hit. A spokesman for the Iranian mission to the United Nations also spoke to the American CBS channel. The Hezbollah commander said that after Shoukry's death, the strikes would no longer be limited to military targets. He said he expected Hezbollah to carry out deeper attacks inside Israel. Airline companies from Turkey, the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Greece and France have canceled flights to Israel and Lebanon amid tensions. The United States took action to support its ally Israel. The Pentagon announced that it has increased its forces in the Middle East to counter a possible Iranian attack on Israel. It sent the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier and the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to the region. US Defense Secretary Austin also ordered the deployment of an additional fighter jet squadron to the Middle East. The US will also send destroyers and cruisers capable of ballistic missile defense to the Middle East and the Mediterranean. This is estimated to be the largest US military deployment to the region since October 7.