Hezbollah fires rockets after Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon

A Lebanese army soldier displays part of an Israeli missile from an air strike in Dimashqiya farmlands, southern Lebanon (Mohammed Zaatari/AP)

The militant Hezbollah group has said it fired a barrage of rockets near Israeli positions close to the Lebanese border in retaliation for Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon a day earlier.

In a statement, Hezbollah said it hit “open fields” near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa farms area, with “dozens” of rockets. No casualties were reported.