JERUSALEM - Israel and Hezbollah on Sunday exchanged their heaviest strikes since the Gaza war began in October, with Israeli war planes bombing sites across southern Lebanon and Hezbollah firing a barrage of drones and rockets across the border - a dramatic but contained escalation that stopped short of all-out war.
Israel said it launched a preemptive strike on "thousands" of Hezbollah rocket and missile systems that were poised to take part in a major attack on Israeli targets. The Lebanese militant group, for its part, said the attack went according to plan, and had only targeted military installations.
Two Hezbollah members were killed, according to the group, along with a fighter from the allied Amal Movement, while state media in Lebanon reported damage to electricity and water infrastructure in the south.
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