Hezbollah says its fighters used two anti-armour guided missiles to target Israeli forces advancing into Marwahin in southern Lebanon, “inflicting confirmed casualties”, Al Jazeera reports.

The armed Lebanese group added that another guided missile hit a Merkava tank, “which led to its burning and the killing and wounding of its crew”.

Hezbollah has also claimed multiple rocket barrages fired at Israeli settlements along the border, and said it used missiles to target a military base south of Haifa in Israel.

At least 10 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Hezbollah attacks in the past 24 hours, with dozens more wounded.