At least six civilians were wounded, one critically and five seriously, in an anti-tank guided missile attack from Lebanon on Sunday, the military and medics said.
The missile struck a number of vehicles near the northern community of Dovev, close to the border. Some of the victims were Israel Electric Corporation employees who had arrived to repair power lines damaged by previous fire from Lebanon.
The Magen David Adom emergency service said one of the civilians injured in the attack was in critical condition.
Three to five other people were in serious condition, MDA director general Eli Bin told Hebrew-language media.
The wounded were being transported by the Israel Defense Forces from the scene of the attack to a safer area where they could be treated by paramedics.
The IDF said it was responding with artillery shelling toward the source of the missile fire.
Separately, the IDF said it struck a cell in southern Lebanon that was preparing to launch rockets or missiles at Israel.
Also overnight, an IDF drone hit an anti-tank missile squad in southern Lebanon preparing to carry out an attack near Metula, the military said.
Since Hamas’s onslaught on October 7 and the subsequent war inside Gaza, where Israel seeks to topple the ruling terror group, the Iran-backed Hezbollah has conducted and overseen daily assaults on Israel’s northern border from Lebanon, but has stopped short of launching a full-scale campaign.
Israel, too, has attempted to walk a fine line, responding with significant firepower to attacks and attempted attacks, while trying to avoid actions that would escalate the conflict as it seeks to keep its focus on Gaza.
The persistent skirmishes along the border have resulted in two civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of six IDF soldiers.
On the Lebanese side, more than 80 have been killed. The toll includes at least 71 Hezbollah members, eight Palestinian terrorists, a number of civilians, and one Reuters journalist.
Saturday saw limited fighting along the Israel-Lebanon border, as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called to increase global demonstrations against Israel over the war in Gaza in order to put pressure on the Jewish state and its allies.
Nasrallah, in a lengthy speech, also called for dragging out the war “for as long as possible” to enable greater “resistance,” and sneered that only the US and UK were now standing with Israel.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, speaking soon afterward, said that Hezbollah risked making the mistake of dragging Lebanon into war, and warned that residents of Beirut would pay the price.