Exchanges of fire on Lebanon-Israel border

Rocket sirens were sounded in several northern Israeli cities after two mortar rounds launched from southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said on Monday. 

It said that both projectiles landed in open areas, and that Israel responded by firing at the launch site. 

A day earlier, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a guided missile attack that Israel said wounded at least two electrical company workers. A mortar attack also wounded seven Israeli soldiers. 

"The IDF is focused on Gaza but we are at a very high state of readiness in the north," Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said. "Lebanon's citizens will bear the cost of this recklessness, and of Hezbollah's decision to be the defender of Hamas-ISIS."

"The IDF has operational plans for changing the security situation in the north. The security situation will not remain one in which northern residents do not feel secure in returning to their homes."

At least 70 Hezbollah fighters and several Lebanese civilians have been killed by Israeli forces since 7 October.