Beirut, Lebanon - Israeli warplanes twice bombed suspected Hezbollah targets along the border in southern Lebanon on Monday, wounding two women, after an Israeli bulldozer was blown up in a disputed area near the frontier, Lebanese officials said.
Israeli artillery pounded positions in the disputed Chebaa Farms area, where the bulldozer attack took place, before fighter jets raided two nearby Lebanese border regions.
The flare-up near Israel's northern border comes as the Palestinian Authority tries to rein in Palestinian militants responsible for attacks in southern Israel.
The Lebanese security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two Lebanese women were injured after Israeli planes fired two air-to-surface missiles at targets in Qsair, an area 6km from the Israeli border.
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There was no word on casualties Hours later, another jet fired a missile at Wadi Izziyeh, an area where Hezbollah maintains positions between the southern port city of Tyre and the border town of Naqoura on the Mediterranean coast.
There was no word on casualties, but a plume of smoke was seen billowing from the bombed area.
Earlier, Hezbollah's Al-Manar television said Hezbollah forces planted a bomb that destroyed a bulldozer in the Chebaa Farms area. It said there were "definite casualties" among the Israelis, adding that Israeli ambulances rushed to the scene.
But the Israeli army said there were no casualties in the bulldozer attack, which it said took place inside Israeli territory.
The Israelis issued a statement saying its air force "targeted two sites in southern Lebanon belonging to Hezbollah" after the militant group claimed responsibility for the bulldozer attack.
"The Israeli defence forces will continue to act with determination against any attempt to target Israelis and destabilise the region," the statement added.
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