Border clashes: Hezbollah targets soldiers near Margaliot

Hezbollah targeted Friday a group of Israeli soldiers near the Hunin Castle in Margaliot and the Ma'ale Golani post as Israeli artillery shelled several border towns.

Earlier on Friday, an Iron Dome interception missile exploded over al-Naqoura and artillery shells hit the southern border towns of Houla, Kfarkila, Mays al-Jabal and Wadi Hamoul.

Israeli warplanes had carried out heavy airstrikes overnight on al-Khiam.

Hezbollah said it targeted the Ma'ale Golani post with Falaq-1, announcing the use of the unguided Iranian-made surface-to-surface missiles for the first time since the outbreak of the war.

On Thursday, Hezbollah attacked three Israeli targets including air defense systems with two suicide drones and posts in northern Israel while Israeli drones carried out airstrikes deep inside Lebanon.

Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange of fire between Israel's army and Hezbollah. At least 202 people have been killed in south Lebanon, 147 of them belonging to Hezbollah. At least 26 civilians have also been killed, including three journalists and two rescuers in addition to a Lebanese soldier.

More than 83,000 Lebanese have been forced to flee their homes since hostilities began, according to the International Organization for Migration.

On the Israeli side, 15 people have been killed in the northern border area, including nine soldiers and six civilians, according to the Israeli army.