Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it had launched a drone attack against Israeli military bases north of the city of Acre, in its deepest strike into Israeli territory since the Gaza war began.
Israel said Wednesday its forces were carrying out "offensive action" in Lebanon after launching cross-border strikes targeting Hamas ally Hezbollah as Israeli aircraft and tanks pounded the Gaza Strip.
Israeli jets and artillery struck approximately 40 pro-Iranian Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Wednesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said. The IDF said it hit an arms depot and "other terror infrastructures,
The Israeli military said that it had intercepted two aerial attacks off its northern coast, but did not comment on Hezbollah’s claim that it had hit a military barracks. The extent of any damage was not clear.
Israeli forces are carrying out "offensive action" across southern Lebanon, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday without specifying whether ground troops had crossed the border.
Hezbollah has launched a series of drone strikes against Israeli military bases, in its deepest attack inside Israel since the start of the war in Gaza.
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched dozens of rockets at northern Israel Tuesday in response to the killing of two civilians in a strike blamed on Israel in Lebanon's south.
Local rescuers told AFP that an Israeli strike on Lebanon's south killed a woman and a girl from the same family on Tuesday, with state-run media also confirming the deaths.
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said it launched drone attacks on two Israeli bases Tuesday in retaliation for the killing of a fighter Israel described as "significant".