Four Italian soldiers have been injured in an "attack" by two rockets on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday, the Italian Prime Minister has said.

"I have learned with deep indignation and concern of the news of the new attacks suffered by the Italian headquarters of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon, which have also caused the injury of some of our soldiers engaged in a peacekeeping mission," Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.

The defence ministry said in a statement that the two 122mm rockets hit a bunker in the base at Shama village and a room near the international military police headquarters, causing damage to the surrounding infrastructure.

Some glass shattered due to the explosion, hitting the four soldiers, the statement said.

"It is intolerable that once again a UNIFIL base has been hit," Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Italian media that Hezbollah might be responsible for the attack.

The peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL is deployed in southern Lebanon to monitor the demarcation line with Israel.

Italy has long been a major contributor to the multi-national operation, providing more than 1,000 soldiers.

In separate air strikes in southern Lebanon, five medics have been killed, the Lebanese health ministry says.

The ministry said three medics were killed and three others were wounded in an IDF strike in the southern Lebanese town of Qotrani.

An earlier Israeli strike on a vehicle killed two medics in the southern Lebanese town of Deir Qanoun Ras Al-Ain, the ministry said.

Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at Israeli troops east of Khiyam at least four times on Friday.

Hamas commanders killed in Gaza strike, IDF says

Israel's military said on Friday it killed five Hamas militants — including two commanders — in an overnight raid in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia, where Palestinian medics reported dozens killed or missing.

In a statement, the military and the Shin Bet security agency said they had "eliminated five Hamas terrorists, including a Nukhba (commando) company commander and an additional company commander who participated in the October 7 massacre" last year.

The army added that the commanders had "led the murders and kidnappings in the area of Mefalsim", a kibbutz community in southern Israel near the Gaza border.

It named the militant commanders killed as Jihad Kahlout and Muhammad Okel, "two terrorists who commanded the invasion of Israeli territory on October 7 and led the massacres and kidnappings on the Mefalsim road".

They were "among the leaders of the combat in the northern Gaza Strip against IDF (army) soldiers, during the operation that is currently underway in the area", the military statement added.

Medics in the Gaza Strip said dozens were killed or missing from an overnight Israeli raid on Beit Lahia and nearby Jabalia.

The civil defence agency was not immediately able to provide an exact toll.

The health ministry warned on Friday all hospitals in Gaza would have to stop or reduce services "within 48 hours" for lack of fuel, blaming Israel for blocking its entry.

Countries vow to uphold ICC arrest warrants

News of the continued strikes in north Gaza and Lebanon comes a day after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants over the war.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant may bear "criminal responsibility" for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and other crimes against humanity against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The Hague-based court's decision drew mixed reactions from world leaders, with some vowing to arrest the Israelis if they entered their country's territory.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said "Australia respects the independence of the ICC and its important role in upholding international law."

China urged the ICC to remain objective but foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said China will "exercise its powers in accordance with the law".

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the warrants were not political and that all EU member states should respect and implement the court decision.

Countries such as Spain and Ireland stress their support for the Palestinians, and Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Slovenia and Jordan indicated they respected and could implement the ICC warrants.

US President Joe Biden condemned the court's decision which Mr Netanyahu dismissed as "absurd" and "driven by anti-Semitic hatred of Israel".

"We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security," Mr Biden said.

A White House Security Council spokesperson said the US "fundamentally rejects" the court's decision to issue warrants against the Israeli officials.

Hungarian PM invites Netanyahu to visit

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Hungary, saying he would guarantee that an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant would "not be observed".

The ICC issued arrest warrants on Thursday, local time, for Mr Netanyahu and his former defence chief, Yoav Gallant, as well as a Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict.

Mr Orban told state radio that the ICC's arrest warrant was "wrong" and said the Israeli leader would be able to conduct negotiations in Hungary "in adequate safety".

"Today I will invite Israel's prime minister, Mr Netanyahu, for a visit to Hungary and in that invite I will guarantee him that if he comes, the ICC ruling will have no effect in Hungary, and we will not follow its contents," Mr Orban said.

Mr Netanyahu thanked Mr Orban on Friday for his show of "moral clarity" after inviting him to visit.

"Faced with the shameful weakness of those who stood by the outrageous decision against the right of the State of Israel to defend itself, Hungary" is "standing by the side of justice and truth," Mr Netanyahu said in a statement.

Hungary currently holds the EU's rotating six-month presidency.

All 27 member states of the EU, including Hungary, are a part of the ICC and whilst the court says its members are required to detain suspects if they step foot on their soil, the court has no way of enforcing this.

Mr Orban is known for his nationalist and hard-right policies, and has been at odds with the EU on several issues in the past.

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