An Israeli strike on a car in south Lebanon killed three children and their grandmother on Sunday, a Hezbollah lawmaker from the area said, calling the attack a "dangerous development" for which Israel would pay a price.
Lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said the mother of the three children - girls aged between 8 and 14 - was wounded in the attack which struck the car as it drove between the villages of Aynata and Aitaroun near the Israeli border.
"The enemy will pay the price for its crimes against civilians," Fadlallah told Reuters in a statement.
Asked about the report during a news briefing, Israel's chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said: "Regarding Lebanon, we attack on the basis of intelligence information and we will continue to attack. That is our mission. Anyone who threatens us we will attack them."
"And every event of course that occurs in Lebanon we examine it and learn about it to understand the details. That's what I can say at this point," he said.
Earlier Sunday, Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli military vehicle across the border with guided missiles Sunday, killing and wounding its crew members.
The Israeli military confirmed in a statement that an antitank missile was launched from Lebanon at Yiftah in northern Israel, and said it was striking the sources of fire. It did not confirm whether there were casualties.
Hezbollah announced several other missile launches Sunday and said it had destroyed Israeli equipment along the border. The Israeli military said Israel’s Iron Dome defense system had intercepted a drone flying toward Israel from Lebanon.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire across the frontier since Gaza’s Hamas and Israel went to war on Oct. 7.
