Family, including three children, killed by Israeli attack in south Lebanon

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An Israeli air attack in south Lebanon has killed four civilians - three children and their grandmother raising the likelihood of a - dangerous new escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border.

Israeli troops and Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters and their allies have been clashing for a month along the border since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. While clashes remain largely contained, they have increased in intensity as Israel conducts a ground incursion in Gaza against Hezbollah ally Hamas.

Hezbollah has promised to "double" the death toll from any Israeli attacks on civilians after a strike killed three children and their grandmother in southern Lebanon.