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Israeli air strikes against targets in northeast Lebanon were met with heavy counterfire from the neighboring country on Tuesday morning.
Hezbollah said it had fired "more than 100" rockets at Israel.
The militia said Air and Missile Defense Command bases and a missile base in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights were attacked.
Israeli media had previously reported, citing the military, that around a hundred projectiles had been fired in the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
There were initially no reports of injuries or damage.
Many projectiles were intercepted or landed in open areas.
When asked, the army said it was checking the reports.
Possible retaliation
The Israeli military said it had attacked three rocket launchers in Lebanon.
These were used to fire rockets towards the Golan Heights on Tuesday morning.
Israel's army said it attacked two Lebanese Hezbollah positions in the Bekaa Valley on Monday evening.
It was only the second attack by Israel's military on the area, located about a hundred kilometers north of the country's border, since the beginning of the Gaza war, the Israeli news site "Ynet" reported on Monday evening.
Lebanese security circles said there were also victims in the Israeli attacks.
Israel's military said the attacks on locations of the "Hezbollah Air Force" - probably referring to Hezbollah fighters who launch drones - in northeast Lebanon were in retaliation for air strikes by the militia.
Since the beginning of the Gaza war after the Hamas massacre in Israel on October 7th, mutual attacks have occurred almost daily between the Hamas-allied Hezbollah and Israel, concentrated in the border region.
Israel wants to ensure that Hezbollah retreats behind the Litani River, 30 kilometers from the border.
This is stipulated by a UN resolution from 2006.
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