Israeli strikes and shelling targeted overnight into Friday the strategic Ali al-Taher hill and the southern border towns of Houla, Wadi Slouqi, and al Qantara, after a violent day during which a young woman was killed.

Israeli airstrikes on the country's south on Thursday killed a newly-wed woman, as Israel's military said it struck Hezbollah targets after the Iran-backed group attacked its soldiers in the Ali al-Taher ridge with explosive drones.