Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has accused Hezbollah of “deliberately” placing civilians in harm’s way, after Israeli forces attacked Lebanon’s Nabatieh and Ansar areas, killing 11 people, Al Jazeera reports.

In a statement posted on X, it claims Hezbollah had attacked Israeli troops, seriously injuring three soldiers. The military struck what it described as the group’s headquarters in response.

“Only later did the [Israeli military] learn that Hezbollah deliberately put civilians in that military compound,” the PM’s office says. “Hezbollah is willing to do anything, including using its own civilians as human shields, to falsely accuse Israel of deliberately targeting civilians, which the [military] clearly did not.”