5 Hezbollah fighters are killed as tensions flare along the border between Lebanon and Israel

Published October 17, 2023 3:23 AM

By ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes have flared along the Lebanon-Israel border, killing five Hezbollah fighters. That’s the largest number in a single day since the militant group and Israeli military started clashing last week. Israeli forces and armed groups in Lebanon on Tuesday continued to engage in low-level skirmishes since the outbreak of the latest war in Gaza. An anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon landed in the town of Metula in northern Israel on Tuesday. Three people were wounded. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claimed responsibility. State-run media in Lebanon say Israel responded by striking several areas along the border in southern Lebanon with artillery fire and white phosphorus.

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