Four Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The ministry announced that an Israeli airstrike "targeted a house in the town of Meifdoun, killing four people."
A Lebanese security source confirmed to "Agence France-Presse" that "the four dead were Hezbollah fighters."
In contrast, Hezbollah said it had bombed a gathering of Israeli soldiers near the Birkat al-Risha site with "Burkan" missiles.
In the past few days, a large number of countries have called on their citizens to leave Lebanon, and several airlines have announced the suspension of flights to the region.
Tensions have been escalating in the Middle East since the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, a day after an Israeli airstrike south of Beirut killed prominent Hezbollah military leader Fouad Shukr.
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