Hezbollah targeted Thursday a command center in Kiryat Shmona and a house in the Yuval settlement in northern Israel.

Israeli artillery meanwhile bombed the Hamames hill bordering the Metula settlement with heavy shells.

An Israeli air strike on south Lebanon Wednesday had killed a woman and a girl in Majdal Zoun, prompting Hezbollah to retaliate with several rockets at the Matzuva settlement.

The group also claimed responsibility for 12 other operations against Israeli military positions on the border Wednesday.

The cross-border exchanges since October have killed at least 271 people on the Lebanese side, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also including 42 civilians, according to an AFP tally.

On the Israeli side, 10 soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to the Israeli army.