Hezbollah targets troops on border villages as Israeli army blows up houses

Hezbollah said it repeatedly targeted Israeli troops in south Lebanon border villages over several hours on Monday, saying at least one of the attacks caused "certain casualties".

Hezbollah fighters targeted "a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers on the eastern outskirts of the village of Markaba" with three separate rocket salvos, it said, adding one of the attacks caused "certain casualties" and that its fighters also targeted Israeli troops attempting "to evacuate the dead and wounded".

The group also said it targeted troops in an area near Markaba with rockets and fired "artillery shells" at soldiers near Kfarkila.

Meanwhile, Lebanon's official National News Agency said the Israeli army blew up houses in a south Lebanon border village on Monday, also reporting clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in the area.

"The enemy army blew up houses in the village of Aita al-Shaab," the NNA said, reporting heavy clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli army "which is trying to advance on the ground" in the area, while broadcaster Al Jazeera showed footage of Israeli tanks on the village's outskirts.

Israel had also planted explosives and detonated buildings on a wide-scale in the three border villages of Adaisseh, Markaba and Rab Tlatine.