Hezbollah says clashes ongoing with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon town

Hezbollah fighters clashed directly with Israeli forces in the southern Lebanese border town of Khiam on Saturday night, the militant group said, as Israeli airstrikes killed at least nine people across southern Lebanon.



Hezbollah said its fighters engaged Israeli troops using light and medium weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, with fighting still ongoing at the time of the statement.



Lebanon's official National News Agency reported that Israeli airstrikes killed at least nine people and wounded seven others across southern Lebanon Saturday night.



Hezbollah said it carried out multiple retaliatory strikes against Israeli military targets, including rocket barrages near the Khiam detention center and the Metula site.



The group also claimed to have destroyed an Israeli tank with a guided missile near al-Taybeh and launched a drone attack on a maintenance facility south of Haifa.