The Israeli army has said its troops killed four militants attempting to infiltrate from Lebanon, today as tensions run high along the border between the two countries.
The Army said four terrorists were killed during the attack.
Earlier, the military said it had targeted Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group with overnight air strikes on southern Lebanon.
Since the start of the war triggered by the unprecedented attack by Hezbollah’s Palestinian ally Hamas on Israel on October 7, clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border have left more than 10 people dead on the Lebanese side.
Most of the dead have been combatants, but they also include a Reuters journalist and two civilians.
On the Israeli side, at least two people have been killed.
Lebanon’s state-owned National News Agency reported that areas along the western section of the border came under “continuous” bombardment overnight.
The news agency said Israel used phosphorus bombs and targeted civilians.
The Israeli army denied it had been using the incendiary weapon white phosphorus in either Gaza or south Lebanon after Human Rights War accused it of doing so last week.
The international community fears the opening of a second front in the conflict, with Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group joining Hamas in the fight against Israel.
