Jerusalem, Aug 10: Israeli warplanes bombed suspected Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon today, Lebanese security officials said, hours after Hezbollah shells fell in northern Israel, killing a teenage boy and injuring four other people. The Lebanese officials said warplanes fired at least one air-to surface missile on an area near the village of Teir Harfa, about three km from the Lebanese-Israeli border.
There was no immediate word on casualties, said the officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.
The Israeli military did not immediately confirm the attack. Earlier today, a senior Israeli security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Hezbollah fired three 57 mm anti-tank shells at the town of Shlomi, near the Israeli-Lebanese border.
A 16-year-old boy died and four adults were lightly hurt by shrapnel, a spokesman for the hospital in nearby Nahariya said.
The militant group Hezbollah said it had fired anti-aircraft shells at Israeli fighter jets flying over southern Lebanon.
Israeli security officials denied aircraft were in the area at the time.
Bureau Report