The airstrike follows a deadly week of attacks that have intensified nearly a year of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

The airstrike follows a deadly week of attacks that have intensified nearly a year of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

The attack came hours after Hezbollah fired 140 rockets at northern Israel and follows this week's deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members.