Border skirmishes resume after calm morning

Hezbollah targeted Wednesday several Israeli posts including Malkia, Naqoura, Shumira, and Ramia after a calm morning in the border area in south Lebanon.

The Israeli army meanwhile struck several border towns including Jabal al-Bat, Aitaroun, Mhaibib, al-Labbouneh, al-Naqoura, al-Bustan, Merwahin, Ramia, al-Jebbayn, Yarine, Blida, Kfarshouba, al-Fardis, Rashaya al-Fokhar, al-Khiam and Maroun al-Rass with artillery shelling and warplane and drone missiles.

Israeli warplanes had struck overnight the southern border town of Kfarkela, and Hezbollah announced later the death of one of its fighters.

Hezbollah entered the fray in support of Hamas on October 8, the day after the Palestinian militants launched their unprecedented attack on south Israel.

More than 120 people have been killed on the Lebanese side of the border since October 7, mostly Hezbollah fighters and more than a dozen civilians.

Israel says six of its soldiers and four Israeli civilians have been killed in the area, while Hezbollah always says in daily statements that its attacks on Israeli soldiers are direct hits and claims after most of its attacks having inflicted casualties.