Israel launches "series of strikes in Lebanon" as tension with Iran-backed Hezbollah soars

Jerusalem — The Israeli military said Wednesday its fighter jets "began a series of strikes in Lebanon," raising fears of a war between the two countries after months of cross-border fire and increasing tension fueled by the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military gave no further details on the airstrikes, but Lebanese media said three villages were hit.

The strikes came hours after fire from Lebanon wounded multiple people in northern Israel, according to medics. Seven people were wounded, five of them in the town of Safed, the Magen David Adom emergency service said.

An AFP photographer saw medics and troops evacuating a wounded person by military helicopter from Safed's Ziv hospital.