Border clashes: Latest developments
Israeli artillery shelled Friday several southern border towns including al-Khiam, al-Hamames, and the outskirts of al-Naqoura.
The Israeli army said it had responded Thursday to attacks from Lebanon by striking the source of the fire, in addition to targeting "a Hezbollah military site in Tayr Harfa in southern Lebanon" while Hezbollah said it struck Israeli "spying devices" in an Israeli post in the occupied Shebaa Farms and three other posts along the border.
Senior Hezbollah official Nabil Qaouq said Wednesday the group had "intensified" its operations "in response to Israel's escalation", Lebanon's official news agency NNA reported.
His comments came after Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday that troops would "very soon go into action" near the Lebanese border.
Nearly four months of cross-border fire have killed more than 210 people in Lebanon, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also including more than 25 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
On the Israeli side of the border, nine soldiers and six civilians have been killed, Israeli officials have said.
Source: Naharnet, Agence France Presse
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