Israeli jets attack Lebanese guerrilla targets

Israeli fighter jets have pounded suspected hideouts in southern Lebanon after guerrillas attacked army outposts in a disputed border area.

The renewed fighting in the Chebaa Farms area threatened to reopen a front line on Israel's north as Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas traded warnings of retaliation.

Lebanese security officials said Hezbollah attacked three Israeli army outposts in the hills of Chebaa Farms with about a dozen rockets.

Israeli fighter jets then struck, firing about a dozen air-to-surface missiles in six runs on locations where guerrillas were believed to be taking cover or be on the move near the towns of Chebaa and Kfar Chouba, witnesses said.

The Israeli army responded with automatic rifle, tank and artillery fire.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has warned Hezbollah and Syria, which Israel says controls the guerrillas, that they are "not immune" from Israeli retaliation.