Hezbollah said Tuesday it had again targeted a sensitive Israel Defense Forces air traffic control base in northern Israel with a barrage of rockets.

The Iran-backed Lebanese terror group said the attacks were in response to “recent assassinations and repeated attacks on civilians” in Lebanon and Syria.

It said it had launched a “large number” of missiles at the Mount Meron base, in its second such attack in recent weeks. There was no immediate comment from the IDF.

Its first attack on the site on January 6 came in response to the killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a strike in Beirut widely blamed on Israel. In recent days there have been several strikes in Lebanon and Syria that have killed top Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian officers. Israel has not taken responsibility for them.

In the January 6 attack, the IDF admitted damage was caused to the base atop Mount Meron, which is located some eight kilometers (5 miles) from the Lebanon border.

The IDF did not elaborate on the damage to the base then, but according to footage published by the terror group, two radar domes were hit by anti-tank guided missiles.

In Tuesday’s barrage, at least 15 rockets targeted sites in Israel near the border, Channel 12 reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

The Israel Electric Corporation said electricity had gone down in the Meron area, but it had been able to remotely restore power to nearby residents. In the past Hezbollah has targeted and killed electric workers trying to restore supply after attacks.

Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the Iran-backed terror group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid Israel’s war with the Hamas terror group.

The attacks have led to mass evacuations of nearly all residents in towns near the border.

So far, the skirmishes on the border have resulted in six civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of nine IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.

Israel has repeatedly struck Hezbollah cells trying to launch attacks and also launched several waves of strikes, including on Monday, at the terror group’s infrastructure inside Lebanon, including observation posts and command centers.

Hezbollah has named 167 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 20 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and at least 19 civilians, three of whom were journalists, have been killed.

The continued violence along the border comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert a full-scale war, with Israel warning that it would be forced to move against Hezbollah with force if talks fail and saying that there is no other way to allow residents evacuated from northern border communities to return.

French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu held a series of meetings with Israeli leaders on Monday as part of the diplomatic push.

Lecornu told them that “concrete steps are under discussion… publicly, discreetly, and secretly” to prevent a war between Israel and Hezbollah, a French official told The Times of Israel.

“With 700 French troops deployed in UNIFIL, France is actively involved on the ground and will keep engaging towards a diplomatic solution along Israel’s northern border,” said the official. “The basis of such a solution lies in the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1701, on both sides.”

The resolution that ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War required Hezbollah be kept away from the border, but the Lebanese army and the UN have never enforced it.

Lecornu met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz, and National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi.

Gallant, meanwhile, told Lecornu, “A war in the north will be challenging for Israel, but devastating for Hezbollah and Lebanon. Israel will not cease fire until it can guarantee the safe return of the [evacuated] northern communities to their homes following a change in the security situation along the border.”

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.