Two Israeli soldiers were wounded when Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired mortar rounds across the border. No civilians were injured and no shells hit northern Israeli communities. Some residents of the area spent the night in bomb shelters and sealed rooms during what was the first instance of cross-border shelling in months.
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