Tel Aviv, Aug. 15 -- At least seven people were killed and three others injured in an Israeli air strike on a house near Ansar in southern Lebanon on Saturday, as Israel intensified overnight strikes on areas it said were linked to Hezbollah infrastructure.

According to Al Jazeera, citing the Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA), the strike hit a house on the outskirts of Ansar in the Nabatieh district earlier today, destroying the building. The agency reported that Israeli air strikes also intensified around the Ali al-Taher Ridge near Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

The Israeli military said the strikes were carried out in response to an action by Hezbollah against Israeli troops operating in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area, which the IDF des...