Israeli Strike Wounds Hezbollah Official

An Israeli air strike on a car in south Lebanon seriously wounded a military official of militant group Hezbollah, a Lebanese security source said.

The official was seriously wounded and a companion was also injured in the strike in the city of Nabatieh, some way from the border region that has seen almost daily exchanges of fire since the Israel-Hamas war broke out last October, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the vehicle had caught fire after it was hit by a missile fired by an Israeli drone as it entered Nabatieh.

The Israeli military said it was "examining reports" of the strike.

Earlier, Hezbollah said it had targeted a brigade headquarters in the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona in the latest exchanges between the two sides.

Since the day after Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7, which sparked the Gaza war, Hezbollah has targeted Israeli army positions along the border in support of the Palestinian Islamist movement.

Israel has repeatedly bombarded Lebanese border villages, killing 227 people, mostly Hezbollah fighters but also 27 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 15 people have been killed in the northern border area including nine soldiers and six civilians, according to the Israeli army.

In Hamas-run Gaza, at least 27,840 people have been killed, the health ministry said, in Israel's retaliatory offensive. Civilians made up the bulk of casualties on both sides.

On the Israeli side, some 1,160 people died, while 250 hostages were taken. Israel says 132 are still in Gaza, and 29 are thought to be dead.