Lebanon-Israel border sees low-intensity violations of unofficial truce

The Israeli army said Saturday that it shot down a surface-to-air missile launched from Lebanese territory at an Israeli military drone.

"The drone was not damaged and continued its mission. The missile did not cross into Israeli territory and no alerts were triggered according to policy," the Israeli army added.

"In response to the launch, fighter jets of the Air Force attacked a terrorist infrastructure of the Hezbollah terrorist organization a short time ago," the Israeli army said.

There were no reports in Lebanon about an Israeli attack on a Hezbollah site but the National News Agency and al-Manar TV reported the explosion of an Israeli interceptor missile that echoed across south Lebanon.

A citizen from Kfarkila meanwhile narrowly escaped unharmed after Israeli forces fired five gunshots at his Renault Rapid car on Saturday afternoon.

Israeli forces also fired in the air to scare farmers working in their land in the Hounin Valley.

Alert sirens meanwhile wailed in northern Israel as the Israeli army said it intercepted a "suspicious aerial target" that allegedly crossed from Lebanon.

The Lebanon-Israel border area did not witness any incidents throughout Friday as a four-day truce began in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Hezbollah is not party to the truce agreement but its sources said that the group would abide by the Gaza ceasefire.

Lebanese citizens had cautiously started returning to their conflict-hit border towns on Friday.

Since October 8, Israeli bombardment has killed more than 100 people in Lebanon, most of them Hezbollah fighters.