Two people were killed on Friday during Israeli shelling of the border town of Houla in southern Lebanon, according to Hezbollah's television channel Al-Manar.
Hezbollah is an ally of Hamas, which rules Gaza
Two people were killed on Friday during Israeli shelling of the border town of Houla in southern Lebanon, according to Hezbollah's television channel Al-Manar.
Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel traded fire across the Lebanon-Israel border earlier on Friday after a week-long truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip collapsed.
Hezbollah is an ally of Hamas, which rules Gaza. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the first direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in decades on Tuesday and both sides said they held positive discussions although it was not immediately clear if they agreed to a framework for peace.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has signaled his country's desire for full normalization with Lebanon, just ahead of a key round of peace talks scheduled in Washington.
Israeli and Lebanese envoys will meet for U.S.-mediated talks in Washington on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to calm weeks of Israeli fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has threatened to derail a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
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