Israeli airstrikes and shelling in south Lebanon amid Hezbollah attacks

The Israeli army on Saturday waged a "preemptive attack" on south Lebanon and its warplanes attacked "Hezbollah targets,” Israel’s Channel 12 said.

Lebanon’s National News Agency for its part said that Israeli warplanes destroyed a house in the border town of Yarin, causing casualties, amid reports of an airstrike on the border town of Mays al-Jabal and artillery shelling on the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab and Rmeish.

Israeli fighter jets had earlier on Saturday waged two strikes on the area between the border towns of Yarin, Tayr Harfa and al-Jibbain.

Israeli artillery shelling also targeted the Hamoul area east of Naqoura, the Tawfa and al-Jidar areas in Mays al-Jabal, and the outskirts of Houla and Khiam.

In two separate statements, Hezbollah said it targeted the al-Assi and the Birkat Risha Israeli posts with the “appropriate weapons.”

Dozens of heavy artillery shells had overnight hit the outskirts of Naqoura, Alma al-Shaab, Tayr Harfa, al-Dhayra and Aita al-Shaab, amid heavy-caliber machinegun fire on the outskirts of al-Dhayra and al-Bustan.

More than three months of cross-border violence have killed 190 people in Lebanon, including more than 140 Hezbollah fighters and over 20 civilians including three journalists. In northern Israel, nine soldiers and at least four civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.

The violence has also displaced tens of thousands of residents on both sides of the border.