"fighter jets struck the launch sites and infrastructure used for terror in Lebanon from which the rockets were launched." a military spokesperson stated on Thursday.

The IDF said in a statement that it will continue and expand its strikes in response to terrorist attacks against Israel and its citizens and that the Lebanese government will be held accountable.

Two rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel on Wednesday, prompting an artillery response amid rising regional tensions following an alleged Iranian attack on an oil tanker in the Gulf last week.

The rocket attack was launched from a region of south Lebanon controlled by Iranian-backed Hezbollah rebels, but no one claimed credit. There were no recorded casualties.

According to the military, an additional target in the vicinity that has been a source of rocket fire in the recent past was also struck.

Israeli airplanes carried out two attacks on the outskirts of the Lebanese town of Mahmudiya, roughly 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from the Israeli border, according to Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV.

Small Palestinian factions in Lebanon, on the other hand, have fired on Israel on a sporadic basis in the past, including two rockets fired at Israel in July.

The US State Department condemned the rocket attacks on Israel and stated that it would work with both Israel and Lebanon to "de-escalate" the situation on the border.

"We absolutely condemn the rocket attacks from armed groups, based in Lebanon, that were fired into Israel," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Wednesday.