An Israeli soldier jumps from a tank in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon. AP
Hezbollah in a statement said that for four hours on Saturday, its fighters had been engaging in "direct clashes with forces from the Israeli enemy army in the town of Khiam with light and medium weapons" and rockets.
The strategic town, located around 40 kilometres (25 miles) inland, overlooks swathes of southern Lebanon as well as parts of northern Israel, and was the first point into which Israeli forces advanced after the start of the latest war.
In recent days, the movement has repeatedly said it has targeted Israeli forces and vehicles in Khiam and nearby, or clashed with Israeli soldiers there as part of its response to Israeli deadly attacks that have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced at least a million across Lebanon.
Hezbollah also said its fighters clashed with Israeli forces in the coastal border town of Naqura, home to the headquarters of peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
The resistance group said Israeli soldiers "tried to penetrate... towards the Naqura municipality building", adding that its fighters fought them with light and medium weapons.
Israel continue to occupy five south Lebanon areas in violation of a November 2024 ceasefire that sought to end the previous war.
One of those positions was in Labbouneh, just around three kilometres from Naqura.
Also on Saturday, Hezbollah said its fighters had targeted Israeli soldiers near the border and in other south Lebanon towns.
Several people in northern Israel were wounded by shrapnel as the area came under constant missile fire from Lebanon, Israel’s rescue services said.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army said it had struck what it claimed as Hezbollah sites in Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight.
The strikes came as Muslims in Lebanon began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a major holiday that follows the holy month of Ramadan.
On Saturday morning, an AFP correspondent in the area's Haret Hreik neighbourhood saw a multi-storey building that had been partly destroyed in one of the strikes.
Israeli forces also said they had killed several Hezbollah fighters during overnight ground operations in southern Lebanon, though such claims could not be independently verified.
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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