Hezbollah-Israel border clashes: Latest developments

Hezbollah targeted several military bases and posts in northern Israel on Thursday as the Israeli army bombed villages in southern Lebanon.

In response to attacks on southern villages and an Israeli drone strike that killed two teenagers riding a motorbike in the al-Bayyada area on Wednesday, Hezbollah said it for the first time targeted the Rosh HaNikra Israeli settlement with volleys of rockets.

It also said that it launched suicide drones at the Nahal Gershom base and rockets at the Matzuva settlement in response to the al-Bayyada attack.

The group also announced three other attacks on the Bayyad Blida, Malkia and Ein Ya'akov military posts.

Israeli warplanes meanwhile raided the outskirts of Yaroun and a house in Maroun al-Rass, while artillery shelled the outskirts of Alma al-Shaab.

The clashes come as European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell visits Lebanon in an attempt to prevent further escalation of the Gaza war.

The cross-border violence since October 8 has killed some 617 people in Lebanon, mostly fighters but also including 138 civilians. On the Israeli side, including in the annexed Golan Heights, authorities have announced the deaths of at least 24 soldiers and 26 civilians.

The fighting has also displaced tens of thousands of Lebanese and Israeli residents on both sides of the border and Israel has repeatedly vowed to act to return its citizens through war or diplomatic action.