Israeli tanks are seen on a road near Israel’s border with Lebanon, in northern Israel. (Image: Reuters)
IDF had already ordered evacuation of 28 villages on the Israel-Lebanon border following clashes between Hezbollah and Israel.
Israel launched strikes overnight on Hezbollah “terrorist” targets in Lebanon, the Israeli army said in a statement early Tuesday.
“The Israeli army is striking military targets of the terrorist organisation Hezbollah on Lebanese territory,” it said.
Since the start of the war triggered by the unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border have left around 10 people dead on the Lebanese side, mostly combatants but also a Reuters journalist and two civilians.
On the Israeli side, at least two people have been killed.
The international community fears an escalation of the conflict between the pro-Iran Lebanese Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, and the Israeli army.
Israel began evacuating thousands of residents in 28 locations in the north of the country after these border clashes.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – AFP)
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