Two killed, three injured in morning strikes on Shaqra

Hezbollah launched Monday "dozens of Katyusha rockets" at an Israeli military site following the "assassination" of two of its fighters.

The pair were killed in an air raid on a road between Shaqra and the southern border town of Mays al-Jabal.

Two people were killed in a drone strike on their motorcycle on a road between Shaqra and Mays al-Jabal, the National News agency said.

A drone had targeted a car, injuring two people. It later struck the motorbike as it approached the targeted car. A child nearby was injured in the second strike.

Hezbollah announced the death of two of its fighters "on the road to Jerusalem" and targeted the Baghdadi post with dozens of Katyusha rockets and soldiers in the al-Raheb post, in retaliation to the "assassination" in Shaqra.

Later in the day, Hezbollah targeted surveillance equipment in Malkia in northern Israel.

The cross-border violence has so far killed at least 529 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally, most of them fighters but also including 104 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 24 civilians and 22 soldiers have been killed, according to the military.

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said that if a ceasefire was reached in Gaza, his movement would stop cross-border attacks.

Blinken said the best way to prevent the Gaza conflict from escalating "is to get the ceasefire in Gaza that we're working so hard on".

Months of effort have failed to secure a deal, but Egyptian state-linked media said talks were taking place Sunday in Rome.