Hezbollah said its fighters launched missiles at an air base in central Israel on Friday, the latest attack by the Iran-backed group in more than a month of war.
Hezbollah said it 鈥榯argeted the Tel Nof Air Base, south of Tel Aviv with a salvo of advanced missiles.鈥�
Lebanese state media said the Israeli army detonated explosives planted inside houses in three border villages that have been battered by the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Hezbollah says it is engaged in fighting Israeli forces in the area, more than a month into an Israeli ground invasion aimed at pushing the Iran-backed group away from the border.
鈥楽ince this morning, the Israeli enemy鈥檚 army has been carrying out bombing operations inside the villages of Yaroun, Aitaroun and Maroun al-Ras in the Bint Jbeil area, with the aim of destroying residential homes there,鈥� the official National News Agency said.
Israeli forces also conducted a raid in the nearby town of Bint Jbeil, NNA said, after Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troops in the flashpoint border region.
Hezbollah said on Thursday it had 鈥榓mbushed鈥� Israeli ground forces attempting to infiltrate Yaroun.
The Iran-backed group has claimed eight operations since Wednesday targeting Israeli troops on the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras.
Friday鈥檚 explosions are the latest in a string of similar incidents that have impacted the border area.
According to NNA, Israeli troops blew up buildings in at least seven border villages last month.
Footage verified by AFP on Monday showed massive blasts that ripped through Mais al-Jabal and reduced homes to rubble.
Israel鈥檚 Channel 12 last month broadcast footage appearing to show one of its presenters blow up a building while embedded with soldiers in the village of Aita al-Shaab.
Israel has been at war with Lebanon鈥檚 Hezbollah since late September when it broadened its focus from fighting Hamas in Gaza to securing its northern border.
It escalated its air campaign and later sent in ground forces into the country鈥檚 south.
This came after a year of cross-border exchanges with Hezbollah, which has said it was acting in support of Hamas Palestinian militants fighting Israel in Gaza.
Hezbollah said it targeted a naval base near the Israeli city of Haifa with missiles Friday, the second such attack in less than 24 hours.
The Iran-backed Lebanese group said it targeted the 鈥楽tella Maris鈥� naval base northwest of Haifa with a missile barrage, 鈥榠n response to the attacks and massacres committed by the Israeli enemy.鈥�
The group had on Thursday claimed another attack on the same area.
In a separate statement, the group claimed that it had also targeted the Ramat David airbase, southeast of Haifa, with missiles.
Israel has been at war with Lebanon鈥檚 Hezbollah since late September when it broadened its focus from fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip to securing its northern border.
It escalated its air campaign and later sent in ground forces into the country鈥檚 south.
This came after a year of cross-border exchanges with Hezbollah, which has said it was acting in support of Hamas Palestinian militants fighting Israel in Gaza.
The war has killed more than 2,600 people in Lebanon since September 23, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
