Israeli jets strike south Lebanon after Hezbollah attack wounds 10 'civilians'

Israeli fighter jets pounded suspected Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon with air strikes on Sunday, after an incoming anti-tank missile wounded 10 Israeli civilians near the border, the Israeli army said.

The Israeli army said "a number of civilians were wounded" in the anti-tank missile strike near the village of Dovev, just half 800 meters from the frontier with Lebanon.

In response, "fighter jets struck a number of Hezbollah terror targets" including "military infrastructure used by Hezbollah to direct its terrorist activity," the army said.

The Israel Electric Corporation said that the missile from Lebanon had "hit employees" who were in Dovev to repair power lines downed by earlier strikes. Hezbollah claimed responsibility and said it had fired on an Israeli team installing "eavesdropping and spying devices" near the border. Hezbollah said it hit an Israeli military bulldozer in a separate strike.

The Israeli military said in a statement that "seven IDF soldiers were lightly injured as a result of the mortar shell launches in the area of Manara in northern Israel earlier today.”

Hezbollah later announced attacks on Israeli military gatherings and barracks in border areas Birket Risha and Zarit.

Since the October 7 Hamas attacks which triggered Israel's war in Gaza, Israel has also traded fire with militant groups in southern Lebanon on a near-daily basis.

In addition to Hezbollah, Hamas' Lebanese branch has launched attacks into southern Israel in recent weeks. On Sunday, Hamas said it fired 15 rockets from south Lebanon at Israel's Nahariya, Shlomi and northern Haifa. The Israeli army said four of the missiles were intercepted as the others fell in open areas.

The Israeli army also said it had struck "a terrorist cell embedded in a civilian area in Lebanon that intended to open fire toward Israeli territory."

Overnight, a drone also hit another group in Lebanon that the army said was attempting to launch an anti-tank missile towards Israel.

Israel has evacuated tens of thousands of residents from communities in the north since the October 7 attacks.

Cross-border militant attacks from Lebanon have killed at least six Israeli soldiers and two civilians, according to the army and paramedics.

Israeli leaders have warned Hezbollah against launching a full-scale attack on Israel, saying it could suffer a similar fate to besieged Gaza if it enters the war.

Israel and Hezbollah fought a month-long war in 2006.