The Shiite militia Hezbollah on Saturday said it fired 62 rockets at Israel from Lebanon the previous day, which would be a record number since the October start of the war in Gaza. The claimed attack coincided with reports by Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza that almost 23,000 Palestinians have been killed since fighting erupted there. The Hezbollah missiles targeted a military base near the town of Meron in northern Israel, according to the militia, which is allied with Iran and the Islamist Hamas. It described the strikes as a “first reaction” to the killing of Saleh al-Arouri, t…