Hezbollah fighters destroyed two Israeli Merkava tanks near the Israel-Lebanon border early on Thursday, according to local reports.
The Lebanese television channel said anti-tank systems were fired in two separate incidents amid clashes around the al-Labbouneh Hill area, the first hitting a tank at around 12:50 am, causing the vehicle to catch fire. Hezbollah said the tank's crew members were killed and injured.
A second hit occurred at 2:50 am, when an Israeli Merkava was targeted with an anti-tank missile, setting it ablaze. The tank's crew were also killed and injured, according to Hezbollah.
Israel, which maintains a strict military censor over army casualties, has not confirmed the reports.
Israeli Merkava tanks, which typically carry up to four soldiers, are equipped with 'Trophy' anti-missile defence systems which fire at and destroy projectiles.
However, footage circulated by Hamas' armed wing in Gaza since October 2023 has previously shown tanks being hit with the group's self-made 'Yassin 105' rocket-propelled grenades. Hamas military operatives have also filmed videos of themselves placing and remotely exploding 'Shawaz 1' anti-tank explosives on Israeli tanks.
The Israeli army has reported tank crews being killed and injured in Gaza, as well as military vehicles being damaged and destroyed.
In Lebanon, Hezbollah is known to use the Iranian-made 'Almas' anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), which was reverse-engineered from Israel's 'Spike'.
According to Israeli media, Israeli Spikes were obtained by Iran after Hezbollah captured models of the missile during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon in late September, after an intense airstrike campaign that targeted areas of the country's south and the capital, Beirut. Israel also targeted Hezbollah's leadership, killing the group's long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah on 27 September.
The Israeli army has made limited progress into southern Lebanon, with Hezbollah saying on several occasions that it had pushed back Israeli advances across the border.
Hezbollah has also struck sites within Israel, killing four soldiers and injuring dozens in a drone attack on a base in Binyamina last week.
Israel and Hezbollah began trading fire on 8 October last year, when the Lebanese group fired rockets at Israeli forces in the occupied Golan Heights.
Hezbollah had previously said it would stop firing at Israel once a ceasefire is achieved in Gaza.