Lebanese electrical station knocked out by Israeli strike

Lebanon's state electricity company said on Thursday that an Israeli attack knocked out power to a region of southern Lebanon.

There were no casualties in the attack, Electricite du Liban said, but it knocked out a "main transfer station" servicing the southern town of Bint Jbeil, its nearby villages and areas of the neighboring Tyre district.

The locations are all in the south of the country, where clashes are ongoing between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops who have attempted to push deeper into Lebanon.

The cash-strapped utility company, which has for decades been unable to provide 24-hour electricity to residents, said the damage to the plant imposed "high financial costs" as well as logistical and security challenges in bringing the plant back online.

Israel's defense minister vowed last Friday that Lebanon would "pay an increasing price in damage to Lebanese national infrastructure" as the war between Israel and Hezbollah continued.

Israel has struck multiple bridges over the Litani River, which divides the south in two, this week.