Hezbollah-linked media in Lebanon report that Israeli troops opened fire in a number of southern Lebanese villages as Lebanese returnees ignore orders not to rush back to areas where Israeli troops are still present.
According to the al-Akhbar news outlet, mortars were fired near the town of Odaisseh and in the center of Meiss al-Jabal, both of them villages on the border opposite the Galilee panhandle. Shots were also fired near Markaba, another border village in the area, it claims.
Al-Manar, another Hezbollah mouthpiece, reports that troops opened fire in Khiam. Video from the frontier village earlier showed people milling around just a few meters away from an Israeli tank.
No injuries are reported, indicating soldiers may have issued warning shots.
There is no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which earlier announced firing warning shots at cars that approached the border village of Kafr Kila.
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