Hezbollah says inflicted casualties among Israelis in response to attack on journalists, civilians

Hezbollah said Friday evening that it attacked Israeli troops and inflicted casualties in response to a deadly attack on journalists and civilians a day earlier.

Israel responded by shelling the outskirts of several Lebanese border towns, with Israeli media outlets reporting "fierce" clashes on the border.

"Twenty launches were identified from Lebanon toward Israeli territory" on Friday, the Israeli military said, referring to earlier attacks on Friday.

Anti-tank missiles and gunfire also targeted Israeli army positions. Troops responded with air strikes, artillery bombardments and sniper fire, the Israeli military said.

Hezbollah said it had struck several Israeli positions in the border area, some with guided missiles.

Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, at least 22 people have been killed in south Lebanon.

Most of them have been combatants, but at least four civilians, including a Reuters journalist, have been killed. At least three people have been killed in Israel.

Hezbollah last fought a major conflict with Israel in 2006.

That war left more than 1,200 dead in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 160 in Israel, mostly soldiers.