Hezbollah claims to have fired on an Israeli team installing “listening and spying devices” near the border.
Israel says its warplanes struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after an anti-tank missile injured Israelis near the border.
The Israeli military said on Sunday that “a number of civilians were injured” in an anti-tank missile strike near the village of Dovev, just 800 meters from the border with Lebanon.
The Israeli Electric Corporation said the missile launched from Lebanon “hit employees” who were in Dovev repairing power lines destroyed in previous strikes.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah group claimed responsibility and said it fired on an Israeli team installing “listening and spying devices” near the border.
Since the Hamas attack on October 7, followed by the Israeli offensive on Gaza, Israel has also exchanged almost daily fire with armed groups in southern Lebanon.
Israel has killed more than 11,000 people – 74 percent of them women and children – as the assault on Gaza has forced the displacement of 1.7 million people over the past five weeks.
In addition to Hezbollah, the Lebanese branch of Hamas has also launched attacks in southern Israel in recent weeks.
The Israeli military said 15 rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon on Sunday, four of which were intercepted by a missile defense system.
The Lebanese branch of the Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for attacks targeting the Israeli towns of Haifa, Nahariya and Shlomi in response to “massacres and aggressions” in Gaza. Israeli doctors said at least 10 people were injured.
Cross-border attacks from Lebanon have killed at least six Israeli soldiers and two civilians, according to the army and paramedics.
Israeli leaders have warned Hezbollah against launching a full-scale attack on Israel, saying it could suffer the same fate that besieged Gaza if it goes to war.
Israel and Hezbollah fought a month-long war in 2006.
