Heavy strikes on Ramia as border tensions escalate

Head of Hezbollah's bloc in parliament Mohammed Raad said Friday that Israel "is not ready" for a war with Lebanon as Hezbollah would fight "with all its might."

Since the start of the Gaza war, Israel and Hezbollah have traded cross-border strikes with gradually escalating intensity, even though neither side is believed to seek an all-out war which is bound to devastate both countries.

Israeli warplanes carried out Friday two airstrikes in a region between Kfarkila and Odaisseh and 12 airstrikes on the outskirts of the southern border town of Ramia, as drones struck a region near al-Tiri and Beit Yahoun.

Over 190 people have been killed in Lebanon during more than three months of violence, including more than 140 Hezbollah fighters and over 20 civilians, among them three journalists, according to an AFP tally.

In northern Israel, nine soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech recently that if Israel started a war with Lebanon, the group would fight it "with no limits."