JERUSALEM

An anti-tank missile struck Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon, wounding two soldiers, the Israeli army said on Wednesday.

In a statement, the army said that two soldiers from the 401st Brigade were moderately injured when an anti-tank missile was fired at forces operating in southern Lebanon.

The military did not specify the exact location of the attack that wounded the two soldiers.

The situation escalated in Lebanon on Monday after Hezbollah targeted a military site in northern Israel with rockets and drones in response to ongoing Israeli airstrikes and the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

The Israeli army launched a series of airstrikes in response, killing at least 40 people and injuring nearly 250 others. The military also launched a ground incursion into southern Lebanon.

Israel imposes strict censorship on reporting casualties caused by missiles launched by Iran and Hezbollah or intercepted by its defenses and also prohibits the circulation of related footage.

Israel has killed more than 4,000 people and wounded about 17,000 others during its assault on Lebanon that began in October 2023 and expanded into a full-scale war in September 2024.

*Writing by Rania Abushamala in Istanbul.