NABATIYEH, Lebanon (NEWSnet/AP) — The civilian death toll from two Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon has risen to 10, Lebanese state media reported, making Wednesday the deadliest day of cross-border incidents in the past four months.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate for Wednesday's strikes, which hit in the city of Nabatiyeh and a village in southern Lebanon, just hours after projectiles from Lebanon killed an Israeli soldier.

More Israeli strikes were reported in south Lebanon on Thursday and Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the escalation.

“At a time where we are insisting on calm and call all sides to not escalate, we find the Israeli enemy extending its aggression,” read a statement from his office.

The Israeli military said Thursday's strikes targeted Hezbollah infrastructure and launch posts. Lebanese state media said Israel's air force carried out strikes near the border towns of Labbouneh, Wadi Slouqi, Majdal Selm and Houla, according to NNA.

The U.N. peacekeeping force deployed along the Lebanon-Israel border, known as UNIFIL, expressed concerns over the latest “exchanges of fire,” and urged all sides involved to halt hostilities to prevent further escalation.

In Nabatiyeh, the strike knocked down part of a building, killing seven members of one family, including a child, the state-run National News Agency said.

Earlier Wednesday, the fire from Lebanon struck the northern Israeli town of Safed, killing a female Israeli soldier and wounding eight others, all soldiers, according to the Israeli military, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strikes in Lebanon.

Government institutions, schools and Lebanese University were to close on Thursday in response to the airstrikes.

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