BEIRUT - Israeli warplanes attacked on Sunday a military base used by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah to launch assault drones against Israeli army targets, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.

Israeli warplanes fired three air-to-surface missiles at a Hezbollah military base located in the west of the city of Baalbek in eastern , about 80 km from the borderline separating Lebanon and Israel, the sources said on condition of anonymity.

Hezbollah said its fighters on Sunday morning attacked the Yarden military base in the occupied Golan Heights, targeting the Iron Dome radar and stationing areas of officers and soldiers

The sources said that the missiles destroyed the base and wounded two people, who were transported to a hospital in the city of Baalbek.

Also on Sunday morning, Israeli warplanes launched three raids on the southeast villages of Kfarhamam, Rachaya al Foukhar, and Halta, injuring 18 civilians, including nine children, the sources added.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its fighters on Sunday morning attacked the Yarden military base in the occupied Golan Heights, targeting the Iron Dome radar and stationing areas of officers and soldiers.

The party also said in a statement on Saturday that its fighters, "after careful monitoring and follow-up, ambushed a Hermes 900 drone that assaulted our people and villages, and they targeted it with appropriate weapons over Lebanese territory, where it was shot down."

A Lebanese military source told Xinhua that a surface-to-air missile was fired from southern Lebanon and hit an Israeli drone, which was seen catching fire and landing south of the city of Nabatieh.

According to Hezbollah, it had previously shot down Israeli drones in February and April of this year.

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Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas' attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.