This photo taken on Dec. 31, 2023 shows a damaged house in Kfarkela, Lebanon. The Lebanon-Israel border witnessed increased tension since Oct. 8, 2023 after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Israel in support of the Hamas attack on Israel the previous day, prompting Israel to respond by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. (Photo: Xinhua)

Three Hezbollah fighters were killed on Monday in confrontations with Israeli forces on the border area in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources said.

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the casualties resulted from Israel firing eight air-to-surface missiles in the southeastern village of Kafr Kila.

In addition, the Israeli army launched air strikes and heavy artillery targeting several villages and towns in southern Lebanon, destroying eight houses, and damaging dozens of others, the sources noted.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its fighters attacked an Israeli site in Hadab Al-Bustan, a gathering of soldiers in the Ya'ara Barracks, the al-Motella settlement, and the Hanita site, leading to some casualties.

The Lebanon-Israel border witnessed increased tension since Oct. 8 after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Israel in support of the Hamas attacks on Israel the previous day, prompting Israel to respond by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.

The confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel killed 191 on the Lebanese side, including 136 Hezbollah members, a member of the civil defense, a Lebanese army soldier, one member of the Amal Movement and one from the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party, 16 members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and 35 civilians, according to Lebanese security sources.

This photo taken on Dec. 31, 2023 shows a damaged house in Kfarkela, Lebanon. The Lebanon-Israel border witnessed increased tension since Oct. 8, 2023 after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Israel in support of the Hamas attack on Israel the previous day, prompting Israel to respond by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. (Photo: Xinhua)

 

This photo taken on Dec. 31, 2023 shows damaged houses in Kfarkela, Lebanon. The Lebanon-Israel border witnessed increased tension since Oct. 8, 2023 after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Israel in support of the Hamas attack on Israel the previous day, prompting Israel to respond by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. (Photo: Xinhua)

 

This photo taken on Dec. 31, 2023 shows damaged houses in Kfarkela, Lebanon. The Lebanon-Israel border witnessed increased tension since Oct. 8, 2023 after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Israel in support of the Hamas attack on Israel the previous day, prompting Israel to respond by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. (Photo: Xinhua)