The Israeli air force struck two villages in southern Lebanon in the early hours of today, the Lebanese television network Al Mayadeen reports.

Missiles were fired at the communities of Kafr Shuba and Odaisha, according to the same source.

Yesterday Wednesday, the Shiite Hezbollah movement of Lebanon, which is close to Iran, announced via Telegram that two of its members were killed while “engaged in fighting” in southern Lebanon, while a third is hospitalized in serious condition.

He stated that attacks were launched against five Israeli positions, including an Israeli camp in Zarit and a position in Ras Nakura, notably with guided missiles.

The Israeli military said it retaliated against its positions in Zarit and after firing anti-tank rockets at Kibbutz Manara and Rosh HaNikra near the border, saying it would continue to “hit (…) targets belonging to the terrorist organization Hezbollah.”

The fighting on the Israel-Lebanese border following the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel is the deadliest since the 2006 Israel/Hezbollah war.

The Shiite movement announced yesterday that one of its fighters had succumbed to injuries sustained on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from that day’s fighting to six.