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Lebanon's Hezbollah targets Israel base, wounding 14 soldiers

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An artillery vehicle on the outskirts of Kiryat Shmona near Israel's border with Lebanon. [AFP]

Lebanon's Hezbollah group said it attacked an Israeli army base near the border on Wednesday, with the latest in a series of tit-for-tat strikes wounding 14 soldiers, according to Israel's military.

Israel and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Hamas ally, have been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire since the Palestinian militant group attacked southern Israel on October 7, triggering war in the Gaza Strip.

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