BEIRUT, June 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed and several others wounded in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon late Sunday and Monday, amid escalating cross-border hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

Destroyed buildings hit in Israeli airstrikes are seen in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (Photo: AP)

The casualties included a Syrian national and a paramedic, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.

Hezbollah said in separate statements that it targeted infrastructure used by the Israeli military in the Israeli city of Tiberias with a rocket barrage. It also reported several other attacks, including one on an Israeli force on the eastern outskirts of Yohmor al-Shaqif in southern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, several media reports citing a statement by Hezbollah's operations room said Monday that the group claimed currently in a "battle of attrition" against Israeli forces near southern Lebanon's Beaufort Ridge, a day after Israel said it captured the ridge, including the strategic castle at its summit.

The ridge is an area beyond the "security zone" Israel has maintained since a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect in mid-April.

The capture, which media reports called Israel's "deepest advance into Lebanon" in over 20 years, was met with immediate condemnation from the Arab world, as well as France, Germany and Britain.

Despite the April ceasefire, Israel has continued to carry out near-daily strikes in Lebanon, while Hezbollah has launched attacks on Israeli military positions.

According to Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center, Israeli attacks since March 2 have killed more than 3,400 people and wounded over 10,200 others in Lebanon.