The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military facility in northern Israel that wounded at least 14 soldiers

The Iran-aligned group said it launched “a combined attack with guided missiles and explosive drones on a new military reconnaissance command centre in Arab al-Aramshe,” an Arab-majority village of northern Israel near the Lebanese border.

Al Jazeera says the group referred to the attack as retaliation for Israeli strikes that killed Hezbollah members.

A day ago, Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed three people, including a Hezbollah field commander identified by the Israeli army as Ismail Yusaf Baz.

Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging fire for more than six months in parallel with Israel’s war in Gaza.

Al Jazeera says the fighting fuelled concern about the risk of further escalation, which has risen further since Iran carried out an attack on Israel over the weekend.