Three wounded in drone strike on al-Jebbayn

An Israeli drone targeted Thursday a car between the southern towns of al-Jebbayn and Yarine, wounding three people.

Hezbollah, for its part, targeted al-Malkia with artillery shells and a group of soldiers in the al-Marj post with a suicide drone.

Israeli warplanes had raided overnight the outskirts of the southern village of al-Mansouri and a house in Doueir near Nabatieh, also in south Lebanon.

On Wednesday, an Israeli strike killed a Hezbollah fighter in Jwayya, who Israel said was a commander in the militant group’s anti-tank missile unit.

There have been months of near-daily attacks along the border. Both sides are bracing for a potentially significant escalation after the killings last week of a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut and the Hamas political leader in Iran.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has vowed to retaliate against Israel for the strike in Beirut “no matter the consequences." Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned that Nasrallah might cause Lebanon "to pay very, very heavy prices" and warned that the process may deteriorate into war. "That’s not theoretical, it’s real," he said.