BEIRUT, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli drone on Saturday morning launched several missiles toward an armed group at a border point in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.
The unnamed sources added that the drone flew for several minutes along the borderline and then launched several air-to-surface missiles towards the axis of Hunin Hill in the central sector of the border area.
Initial information indicated that the drone targeted three armed individuals trying to approach the border fence separating Lebanon and Israel on this axis.
Israeli reports noted that "an Israeli drone worked to eliminate a cell of terrorists that attempted to infiltrate from Lebanon into Israel."
On the other hand, Lebanese security sources told Xinhua that Israel fired several artillery shells at dawn from one of its positions, called the radar site, toward a forest area in the town of Kfarchouba.
The sources added that a Patriot missile was launched from the occupied Syrian Golan for unknown reasons and exploded in the airspace of the Marjayoun area in southern Lebanon.
The fragments fell on the roofs of several houses in Ibl al-Saqi, adjacent to a command center of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, the sources said, noting that no injuries were reported.
The situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated after the firing by Lebanon-based armed group Hezbollah on Oct. 8 of tens of missiles toward Israeli military sites in support of Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7, prompting the Israeli forces to respond by firing heavy artillery at several areas in southeast Lebanon.
On Friday, Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon killed one Lebanese journalist and injured six other reporters.
