A source close to Hezbollah said four fighters were killed Monday in south Lebanon, with the Iran-backed group announcing two dead and a retaliatory attack, while Israel claimed strikes.
Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded near daily cross-border fire with Israeli forces since the Palestinian group鈥檚 October 7 attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.
The source close to Hezbollah said that 鈥榓t least four Hezbollah fighters were killed in Israeli raids on two different sites in southern Lebanon鈥�, identifying the locations as Naqura on the coast and Mais al-Jabal, a border village to the east.
The Shia Muslim movement said two of its fighters, both from Naqura, had been killed, without providing further details.
The Israeli military said fighter jets struck 鈥榓 Hezbollah terrorist cell鈥� and a launch post in the Mais al-Jabal area, while Israeli army 鈥榓rtillery fired to remove a threat鈥� in the Naqura area.
Hezbollah said it launched a heavy rocket attack at an Israeli army barracks in the country鈥檚 north 鈥榠n retaliation鈥� for the Naqura strike, while also announcing other attacks on Israeli positions.
Lebanon鈥檚 official National News Agency reported Israeli strikes on Mais al-Jabal and Naqura, where it said Israel fired near Hezbollah-affiliated rescue personnel and wounded a civilian.
The fighting has killed at least 423 people in Lebanon, mostly militants but also including 82 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
Israel says 14 soldiers and 11 civilians have been killed on its side of the border.
The violence has raised fears of all-out conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, which went to war in 2006.
