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Four killed, five injured in confrontations on Lebanese-Israeli borders

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People stand among the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Houla, Lebanon, on Feb 11, 2024. [Xinhua]

Two Hezbollah fighters and two members of Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, were killed on Monday, and five were wounded in confrontations on the Lebanese-Israeli borders, Lebanese security sources told Xinhua.

The sources, who spoke anonymously, said the casualties resulted from 18 Israeli airstrikes on 11 towns and villages and about 100 shells on 21 towns and villages in southern Lebanon.

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