Five of the victims were in critical condition, one was in medium condition and four were in light condition, The Press Service of Israel has learned. The status of one victim was not immediately available

While emergency responders evacuated the injured, a drone struck near the center

The Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group claimed responsibility

Later in the afternoon, the Israeli Defence Forces said it struck the source of the fire and carried out retaliatory airstrikes on a Hezbollah compound in Ayta ash Shab, a Lebanese village about one km from the Israeli border

On Tuesday, three people were injured when a drone launched by Hezbollah struck the area of Moshav Beit Hillel

Shortly afterward, the Israel Defence Forces killed a Hezbollah commander in an airstrike in the Southern Lebanese village of Ain Ebel

Ismail Yusaf Baz was the commander of Hezbollah's coastal sector whose rank was the equivalent of a brigade commander. The IDF said Baz was involved in planning missile and anti-tank rocket fire at northern Israeli communities from Lebanon's coastal areas