Hezbollah targets Metula with suicide drone

The Israeli army and Hezbollah exchanged fire Friday, as tensions seemed to de-escalate along the Lebanon-Israel border.

Hezbollah fired artillery shells at Israeli troops near the Zar'it barracks and targeted with a suicide drone a tank in the Metula post. The group had carried out Thursday nine attacks on northern Israel.

Israeli warplanes meanwhile struck the southern border town of Aita al-Shaab while Israeli tanks and artillery shelled a house in al-Khiam, the Hamames hill and the outskirts of al-Odaisseh and Kfarkela.

Tensions had relatively de-escalated in the past few days during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan as international mediators pushed for a truce in Gaza.

At least 322 people have been killed in Lebanon, mainly Hezbollah fighters but also 56 civilians, according to an AFP tally.

In Israel, at least 10 soldiers and seven civilians have been killed in the cross-border exchanges, the military says.