Israel shells Lebanon after infiltrator shot at soldiers in Margaliot

Israel shelled Friday southern Lebanese border areas as it searched for a militant who infiltrated into Israel's northern town of Margaliot.

The man shot at Israeli soldiers and managed to return to Lebanon.

The Israeli army had earlier reported a shooting toward Moshav Margaliot before it said the shooter attacked its forces and left unharmed.

Residents of nearby towns were asked to enter bomb shelters, as residents of the northern city of Kiryat Shmona were already evacuating after the Israeli army announced plans to evacuate it, before the Margaliot shooting incident.

Israeli authorities have been steadily evacuating communities across the northern frontier, as reservists and columns of tanks and armored vehicles poured into the area.

Meanwhile Hezbollah targeted Israeli posts in several border areas.

On Thursday, a member of a "journalist team" covering cross-border tensions in the country's south was killed by Israeli gunfire.

The team including journalists and civilians had been "cornered" by Israeli forces near the town of Houla, Lebanon's National News Agency said.

Hezbollah condemned the attack on civilians and journalists and vowed to respond.