BEIRUT 

Several civilians were injured late Thursday following an Israeli airstrike on an uninhabited house in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes carried out the airstrike on the village of Hanouiyeh in Tyre district.

The report said several people living near the house suffered minor injuries.

Ambulances were dispatched to the scene.

The Israeli military has not issued a statement on the airstrike.

Fears have grown about a full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah amid a months-long exchange of cross-border fire.

The escalation comes against the backdrop of an Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip which has killed nearly 39,700 people since last October following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio