Hezbollah says hit Israeli tank several kilometres inside Lebanon

Hezbollah says hit Israeli tank several kilometres inside Lebanon

Hezbollah fighters targeted "a Merkava tank on the eastern outskirts of the village of Shamaa with a guided missile, causing it to catch fire", the Iran-backed group said in a statement.

Hezbollah said it hit an Israeli tank in south Lebanon on Saturday near a village around five kilometres (three miles) from the border with Israel.

Hezbollah fighters targeted "a Merkava tank on the eastern outskirts of the village of Shamaa with a guided missile, causing it to catch fire", the Iran-backed group said in a statement.
Lebanon's official National News Agency had reported on Saturday morning that Israeli troops "renewed their incursion towards the outskirts" of Shamaa.