The Iran-backed Hezbollah group said its fighters clashed with Israeli forces in two south Lebanon border towns on Saturday, in the third week of the latest war between the foes.Lebanon was pulled into the broader Middle East war when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Israeli-US attacks.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Israel has responded with heavy strikes across Lebanon and ground incursions in the border area, killing more than 1,000 people according to Lebanese authorities.Hezbollah in a statement said that for four hours on Saturday, its fighters had been engaging in “direct clashes with forces from the Israeli enemy army in the town of Khiam with light and medium weapons” and rockets.The strategic town, located around 40 kilometers (25 miles) inland, overlooks swathes of southern Lebanon as well as parts of northern Israel, and was the first point