Israel-Hezbollah border clashes: Latest developments

Israeli warplanes carried out Thursday several airstrikes on Wadi Slouqi in south Lebanon as the civilian death toll from Wednesday's airstrikes rose to 10.

Israel's air force also struck the border towns of Labbouneh, Majdal Selm, Maroun al-Rass, Blida and Houla. The Israeli military said Thursday's strikes targeted Hezbollah infrastructure and launch posts.

The Israeli army would continue to respond to Hezbollah’s regular attacks, said spokesperson Avi Hyman from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. “Our message to Hezbollah has and always will be: Don’t try us.”

Hezbollah for its part targeted Thursday the Zebdine Barracks and surveillance equipment in the Rweissat al-Alam post, both in the occupied Shebaa Farms. The group also attacked surveillance equipment in the al-Raheb and al-Marj posts.

On Wednesday, Israel carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon that killed three Hezbollah fighters and 10 civilians, including six women and three children, in response to a rocket attack on a military base in Safed that killed a female soldier and wounded eight people.

Hezbollah vowed to retaliate although the group did not claim the attack on the northern Israeli town.

While the rocket attack was not claimed, the exchanges of fire -- and the worst single-day civilian death toll in Lebanon since cross-border hostilities began in October -- raised fears of a broader conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

The cross-border violence has killed at least 253 people on the Lebanese side, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also including 37 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 10 soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to the Israeli army.