Israeli strike on house in Lebanon kills four people from same family

An Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon killed at least five people, four from the same family, and wounded nine on Saturday, the Lebanese state news agency reported.

"The attack against a house in the Khirbet Selm area killed a family of four," a couple and their two sons, and one other person, the NNA said, adding that the mother was also pregnant.

The father and the sons were Hezbollah fighters, the Lebanese group said in a statement mourning the family.

The strike destroyed the house, wounding at least nine others who lived nearby, it said.

Last week, a Lebanese couple and their son were killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Hula, a southern border village.

Israel and Lebanese movement Hezbollah have traded cross-border fire since the war on Gaza started in October. At least 312 people, including 56 civilians, have been killed in Israeli strikes, according to an AFP tally.

In Israel, at least 10 soldiers and seven civilians have been killed.