Hezbollah attacks Israeli troops near border as they try to advance

Hezbollah said it carried out several attacks on Israeli troops near the border Wednesday.

Lebanon's official National News Agency reported Israeli shelling and air strikes in south Lebanon overnight and on Wednesday, saying Israeli troops were seeking to advance further near the town of Khiam.

On Tuesday, Hezbollah claimed more than 30 attacks on troops, positions and locations in central and northern Israel and south Lebanon.

Hezbollah said it fired guided missiles Tuesday night at Israeli forces as they attempted to evacuate wounded soldiers in southern Lebanon.

In a statement, the pro-Iranian movement said it wounded Israeli soldiers in a guided missile attack in the border town of Markaba before firing a second at an infantry unit that came to remove the wounded.

Hezbollah said it then targeted with another guided missile "a third infantry unit" that came to "try to recover the dead and wounded."

The NNA also said that Israel forces were "attempting to advance from the Kfarshouba hills... to open up a new front under the cover of fire and artillery shells and air strikes".

"Violent clashes are taking place" between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, it added.