worldcupqualifiers2022asialive|Hezbollah military official killed in Israeli airstrike

super2024-07-18 20:58:1433

BEIRUTworldcupqualifiers2022asialive, July 18 (Xinhua) -- A military official of Lebanon's Hezbollah was killed on Thursday in an Israeli airstrike in Jibal al-Butm in southwest Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.

The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that an Israeli drone fired three air-to-surface missiles at a car that was traveling in the mountains of Jibal al-Butm between the towns of Seddiqine and Zibqine in southwest Lebanon.

The attack resulted in the death of the driver, Hassan Mouhanna, a local military official involved in military operations in the western part of the border region in southern Lebanon.

worldcupqualifiers2022asialive|Hezbollah military official killed in Israeli airstrike

On Thursday, Israeli drones and warplanes launched seven airstrikes on five villages and towns in the border region of southern Lebanon, including a raid targeting the Jezzine region, deep in southern Lebanon, according to military sources.

Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas' attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.