Events in Lebanon

A Hezbollah attack on an Israeli tank led to an airstrike to protect troops.

In a second airstrike, Israeli forces accidentally killed a Lebanese soldier when they hit a car they believed held a senior Hezbollah commander.

Hezbollah mortars hit the northern Israeli town of Misgav Am. No damage or casualties were reported.

No confirmed Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israeli cities reported. Israel continued artillery bombardment of militia positions in southern Lebanon.

An Israeli Government official claimed his country has now destroyed two-thirds of Hezbollah’s long-range heavy rockets.

The militia group claimed to have hit an Israeli gunship, but this could not be immediately confirmed.

The Israeli military said a Syrian-made bomb exploded next to a tank on the Golan Heights, which was captured by Israel in 1967. There were no casualties.

Fighting forces UN and Lebanese aid convoys to turn back, but some trucks pushed on toward Qana.