Israeli drone strike kills Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon
The Israeli regime has assassinated a senior member of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah and injured several others in a drone strike on southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese media reported on Sunday that Israel targeted a vehicle in Kafra village in the southern province of Nabatieh.
The targeted members reportedly belonged to a unit specialized in protecting personalities and transporting Hezbollah leaders.
The Lebanese resistance movement confirmed the Israeli assault in a statement and said Fadhl Ali Salman Sha’ar “rose as a martyr on the road to al-Quds.”
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Lebanon's Arabic-language al-Manar television channel said the drone strike targeted the vehicle near a Lebanese military checkpoint in Kafra, killing one and injuring six others.
Earlier media reports said 2 Hezbollah members had been killed.
The Israeli regime has over the past months carried out airstrikes on various locations in Lebanon and Syria as it attempts to expand hostilities against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip to other fronts.
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem warned Israel on Saturday against waging an all-out war on Lebanon. He said the regime should expect a “strong slap in the face” if it underestimates Hezbollah’s defensive capabilities.
Stressing that Hezbollah will continue its strikes against the Israeli-occupied territories as long as the Gaza campaign lingers on, the Hezbollah official said Israel was the enemy of Palestine, Lebanon, the Arab world and Muslims.
Israel launched its devastating hostilities in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, after the territory’s Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups carried out the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the regime. The Israeli military has also been carrying out attacks against the Lebanese territory since then.
More than 100 days into the campaign, the regime has achieved no objectives despite killing more than 25,000 people, mostly women and children, in Gaza. The regime has also imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.
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