Border Tensions: Hezbollah Pushes Back Israeli Troops Amid Escalating Clashes

Hezbollah fighters repelled Israeli troops in ongoing border clashes, following Israel's recent assassinations of top Hezbollah figures. Heavy rocket fire and airstrikes have caused significant casualties on both sides, stoking fears of a wider Middle East conflict involving Iran and the United States.

Hezbollah fighters have successfully repelled advancing Israeli troops in ongoing clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border. This development follows Israel's announcement that it had taken down two Hezbollah successors, intensifying a conflict that has been simmering alongside the Gaza war.

The group reported launching rocket salvoes at Israeli troops near Lebanon's Mediterranean coast, pushing them back. Intense fighting also unfolded further east, where Hezbollah attacked Israeli soldiers in Maroun el-Ras and targeted advancing Israeli forces with missile barrages.

Rocket sirens wailed across northern Israel, including Haifa, as a barrage of about 40 projectiles shook the region. Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes in Lebanon, escalating concerns of a broader conflict involving Iran and the U.S., especially following a year of Israel-Hamas warfare in Gaza.

(With inputs from agencies.)