Jerusalem | Israel attacked Hezbollah targets on Sunday (Monday AEST) and threatened further retaliation for a rocket strike that killed 12 youngsters while signalling openness to a proposed Gaza truce that could also calm the second and more combustible front with Lebanon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, returning from a US visit in which he sought to drum up support for what he has described as a showdown between Israel and proxies of its arch-foe Iran, held back-to-back consultations with military chiefs and the security cabinet, his office said.

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