LEBANON: Hezbollah will hit new Israeli targets if Israel keeps targeting civilians in Lebanon, the group’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said, saying there had been a spike in the number of non-combatants killed in Lebanon in recent days, Reuters reports.

Five civilians, all Syrians and including three children, were killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday and at least three Lebanese civilians were killed the day before, according to state media and security sources.

Israel has said it is striking Hezbollah militants and infrastructure in Lebanon and does not target civilians.

“Continuing to target civilians will push the Resistance to launch missiles at settlements that were not previously targeted,” Nasrallah said, in comments made during a televised address to mark the Shia holy day Ashura.