Israel says it has struck Hezbollah targets in response to rocket attacks

A damaged Israeli military position that was targeted by Hezbollah fighters on the top of Mount Hermon in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights (Hussein Malla/AP)

Israel’s military said on Friday that about 25 rockets were launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel, damaging a building and setting fires as tensions between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah threaten to spiral into a full-blown war.

Israeli artillery bombarded the sources of the rocket fire, and the military said Israeli warplanes also struck what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure in the area of Jabal Safi, north of the city of Nabatieh.