Israel-Hezbollah border clashes: Latest developments
Israeli warplanes targeted Thursday a house in al-Naqoura and the outskirts of the southern town of Kounin, while Israeli artillery targeted Wadi Hamoul and the outskirts of Tayr Harfa.
Hezbollah had carried out five attacks on northern israel and the occupied Shebaa Farms on Wednesday, while Israeli warplanes struck overnight the southern border towns of al-Labbouneh and Mays al-Jabal.
Since the war in Gaza erupted in October, there have been near-daily exchanges along the Lebanon-Israel border and international mediators have scrambled to prevent an all-out war in tiny Lebanon.
The United States and other governments continue with efforts to prevent the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip from spilling over into Lebanon as Hezbollah militants and Israeli soldiers trade fire across the volatile Lebanon-Israel border.
Hezbollah has vowed not to stop the fighting until a cease-fire is reached in Gaza.
Since hostilities began, at least 322 people have been killed in Lebanon, mainly Hezbollah fighters but also 56 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
In Israel, at least 10 soldiers and seven civilians have been killed in the cross-border exchanges, the military says.
The fighting has raised speculation Israeli forces could stage an invasion into Lebanon as well.
Hezbollah's chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday that Israeli forces were too "exhausted" to launch an all-out war.
"The Israeli army is exhausted... on the northern front, in the West Bank and in Gaza," Nasrallah said in a televised address.
"This enemy and this enemy's society are showing signs of fatigue," he said, alleging that Israel's army "was lacking personnel".
Source: Naharnet, Associated Press, Agence France Presse
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