The military gave no further details of the strikes, while Lebanese media reported air raids on southern villages including Adchit, Sawwaneh and Shihabiyeh, with one Lebanese security source saying that at least four civilians were killed in the attacks.
“A woman was killed along with her child and her stepchild in a strike that targeted Sawwaneh,” while a fourth civilian was killed in a strike on a building in Adshit, the security source said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Nine other people were wounded in the strikes in south Lebanon, the source added.
Hezbollah hits Israeli base in response to killings, doesn’t want wider Gaza war
Hezbollah hits Israeli base in response to killings, doesn’t want wider Gaza war
Seven people were wounded, five of them in the town of Safed, the Magen David Adom emergency service said.
An Agence France-Presse photographer saw doctors and troops evacuating a wounded person by military helicopter from Safed’s Ziv hospital.
There was no immediate claim for the rocket launches from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which has traded near-daily fire with Israeli troops since the outbreak of the war in Gaza more than four months ago.
If they [Israel] broaden the confrontation, we will do the same
“If they [Israel] broaden the confrontation, we will do the same,” Nasrallah warned in a televised address.
Fears have been growing of another full-blown conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, with tens of thousands displaced on both sides of the border and regional tensions soaring.
“I don’t know when the war in the north is, I can tell you that the likelihood of it happening in the coming months is much higher than it was in the past,” Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi said last month.
On the Israeli side, nine soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to Israeli official figures.