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The Shiite militia Hezbollah on Saturday said it had fired 62 rockets at Israel from Lebanon, which would be a record number since the October start of the war in Gaza, and both sides exchanged fire throughout the course of the day. 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, the deputy head of Hamas political bureau, on Tuesday evening in the suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. While He