The Israeli military says it has struck Hezbollah targets “deep inside Lebanese territory”.
Weapons caches and “terrorist infrastructure” were hit, the military said.
The areas affected were Chabriha, Borj El Chmali, Beqaa, Kfarkela, Rab El Thalathine, Khiam, and Tayr Harfa, it added.
Iran’s foreign ministry has subsequently warned Israel against any new “adventure” in Lebanon.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, warned Hezbollah it would “pay a heavy price” for an attack on a football pitch in the Golan Heights in which 12 people including children were killed, Israeli authorities said.
Mr Netanyahu, who cut short a trip to the US after hearing about the attack, said Iran-backed Hezbollah would pay a price “it has thus far not paid”.
Israel Katz, the foreign minister, told Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 that Hezbollah had “crossed all the red lines here”.
“We are nearing the moment in which we face an all-out war,” he added.
Mr Netanyahu had warned Hezbollah would pay ‘a heavy price’ for the Golan Heights attack. Pic: AP
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military’s chief spokesman, said 20 people were wounded in the Golan Heights attack.
It was the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since Hamas fighters paraglided over the border from Gaza into southern Israel to carry out their 7 October massacre of 1,200 people, he added.
The attack by Hamas, the Iran-backed militant group ruling Gaza, triggered Israel’s offensive on the besieged enclave.
According to local health officials in Gaza, more than 39,000 people have been killed in the almost 10-month war.
That count does not distinguish between civilians and Hamas fighters.
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Earlier on Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit a school in central Gaza, killing at least 30 people, including seven children, Palestinian health officials said.
The Hamas-run health ministry said another 100 people were wounded.
Israel’s military said it targeted a Hamas command centre which it claimed was embedded inside the school.
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Israeli strike on school kills dozens
Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire since 8 October.
In recent weeks, the exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border has intensified, with Israeli airstrikes and rocket and drone attacks by Hezbollah striking deeper and further away from the border.
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