Israeli soldiers are fighting Hezbollah militants inside the Lebanese border, Israeli military officials say.
The clashes come as Israel keeps up its bombing of Lebanon, carrying out 80 air strikes early on Thursday.
Lebanon's president has called for an immediate ceasefire, calling Israel's offensive - which has killed 300 people and displaced 500,000 - a "massacre".
Bombed roads are hampering aid efforts, with the UN warning the humanitarian crisis is worsening by the hour.
The nine days of
fighting - triggered by the capture of two Israeli
soldiers by the militant Hezbollah group in a cross-border raid - have left 29 Israelis dead, including 15 civilians killed by rockets fired by Hezbollah into Israel.
yonatan from israel said that
It isn't easy watching the pictures from the bombarded areas in Lebanon but to live in haifa is much way hard.
Lets hope for some peace in the middle east, nobody really like wars