One person killed in Israeli strike on Kafra

One person was killed Thursday and another one was wounded in an Israeli strike on the southern town of Kafra, nearly 11 months since hostilities broke out between Israel and Hezbollah.

Hezbollah later announced the death of one of its fighters "on the road to Jerusalem."

In the afternoon, the group said it carried out three separate attacks with suicide drones and rockets on Israeli military barracks in Ramot Naftali, Beit Hillel and Ya’ara. It noted that the Ya'ara attack was in response to the Kafra strike.

An Israeli drone also raided on Thursday morning the southern border town of Aita al-Shaab, after warplanes struck overnight the outskirts of Yater, Shihine, al-Jebbayn, al-Salhani, Zawtar, Ramia and Alman in south Lebanon.

A woman was killed Wednesday and five other people including a child were wounded in airstrikes on Qabrikha and Houla.

In response to the strike on Qabrikha and other southern villages, Hezbollah launched Katyusha rocket salvos on Neot Mordechai, attacking the northern Israeli settlement for the first time since October 8.

Hezbollah has exchanged near daily cross-border fire with Israeli forces since Palestinian militants Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, triggering war in the Gaza Strip.