Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troops in a south Lebanon border village on Monday, as the Israeli army said it had deployed another division to participate in operations in Lebanon.
Hezbollah fighters "bombed... a gathering of Israeli forces in the Maroun al-Ras park with a rocket salvo", the group said in a statement, after announcing separately it had targeted several areas of northern Israel and military positions across the border.
The Israeli army said Monday it had deployed another division to participate in operations in Lebanon -- making it the third troop grouping at division strength to be used in the ground fight against Hezbollah.
"The soldiers of the 91st Division began localized and targeted operational activity in southern Lebanon," said a statement from the army.
- Hezbollah vows to keep fighting -
Hezbollah on Monday vowed to keep up the fight against Israeli "aggression", on the anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attack that triggered war in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah and the Lebanese have paid a "heavy price" for the group's decision to open a "support front" for Gaza on October 8, but "we are confident... in the ability of our resistance to oppose the Israeli aggression", it said in a statement, calling Israel a "cancerous gland that must be eliminated, no matter how long it takes".
- Two Israeli soldiers killed -
The Israeli army said Monday that two soldiers were killed along the country's northern border with Lebanon, the latest casualties since the military launched ground operations last week.
"Master Sergeant Etay Azulay" and "Command Sergeant Major (res) Aviv Magen... fell during combat on the Lebanese border," the Israeli army said.