The Israeli military has said several civilians in northern Israel have been injured after anti-tank missiles were launched from across the Lebanon border on Sunday.
"A short while ago, terrorists launched anti-tank missiles toward the area of Dovev in northern Israel. A number of civilians were injured as a result of the launches. IDF artillery is striking the origin of the launch," the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement posted online shortly before 6 a.m. ET.
The IDF said it struck what it described as a "a terrorist cell embedded in a civilian area in Lebanon" which the IDF said had "intended to open fire toward Israeli territory."
The IDF said that overnight one of its unmanned aerial vehicles hit "a terrorist cell that attempted to launch anti-tank missiles toward northern Israel, near the area of Metula."
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted a military logistical team that was about to start setting up communication towers and surveillance equipment.
Hezbollah – which has fired anti-tank missiles across the border on multiple occasions over the past month – claimed in its statement that the attack had killed and injured an unspecified number of individuals.
The militant group's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, said in a rare speech Saturday that his group will keep pressure on Israel as the country seeks to "impose submission" on the region.