Five dead in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP
Israeli strikes on south Lebanon on Sunday killed five people, official media and a source close to Hezbollah said.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded regular cross-border fire with Israel since the Palestinian group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported that “the Israeli enemy targeted a motorbike in Hula”, a border village, “leading to two martyrs and two wounded”.
It was the third such strike on people on motorbikes in south Lebanon on Sunday, the agency said.
The NNA had earlier reported “two martyrs and wounded civilians in the raid that targeted a motorcycle in Aita al-Shaab”, another border village.
The NNA also reported unspecified casualties in a separate strike earlier that “targeted a motorbike” in the border town of Naqura.
Hezbollah announced a fighter had been killed, and a source close to the group said he died in Naqura.
The movement claimed several attacks on Israeli troops and positions on Sunday, including some in retaliation for the Naqura and Aita al-Shaab strikes.
In recent weeks Hezbollah has stepped up its cross-border attacks, which it says are in support of Gazans and its ally Hamas, while Israel has struck deeper into Lebanese territory.
The violence has killed at least 438 people in Lebanon, mostly militants but also including 82 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
Israel says 14 soldiers and 11 civilians have been killed on its side of the border.
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