UPDATE – 2 Hezbollah members killed in Israeli raid on southern Lebanon

CHANGES HEADLING, DECK, ADDS HEZBOLLAH STATEMENT, CHANGE TOLL NUMBERS IN GRAPH 6

By Stephanie Radi

BEIRUT (AA) - Two Lebanese were reportedly killed Friday as a result of an Israeli raid on a house in Beit Lif in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese official news agency, NNA, reported that the two victims were transferred to hospitals but did not provide details.

Hezbollah later mourned the two as members of the group who were killed "on the road to Jerusalem," in reference to the fight in support of Palestinian resistance facing a devastating Israeli onslaught in Gaza.

Earlier, the Lebanese group said it attacked a gathering of Israeli soldiers in a military post on northern Israeli borders, while the Israeli army shelled several areas across southern Lebanon, NNA reported.

The confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have so far led to the deaths of 30 Lebanese civilians, including three journalists, three children and a soldier from the Lebanese army.

The death toll of Hezbollah fighters killed since Oct. 8 reached 169, according to previous statements by the group.

Tension has flared along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.

The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar