Israel targets alleged Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon
Shafaq News– Beirut (Updated at 14:55)
Shafaq News– Beirut
An airstrike in southern Lebanon killed a Hezbollah member involved in efforts to rebuild the group’s military infrastructure, the Israeli military claimed on Friday.
In a statement, the military said that the strike was carried out a day earlier in the Zawtar Al-Sharqiya area.
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Earlier today, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported that Israeli drone strikes killed two people in separate incidents in southern Lebanon. The ministry said an airstrike hit a truck in the town of Al-Mansouri on Friday, killing one person, while a separate strike on a vehicle in the town of Mayfadoun the previous day left another dead.
Despite the US-brokered ceasefire signed on November 27, 2024, Israeli forces continue to hold five positions south of the Litani River and conduct regular strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as in Beirut’s southern suburbs. UNIFIL has recorded more than 10,000 Israeli violations since the truce, while Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports 340 deaths and more than 970 injuries during that period.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s army has been pressing ahead with a government-approved, multi-phase plan to place weapons under exclusive state control. On January 8, it announced that it has entered an “advanced phase” of the plan, explaining that it established operational control over territories under its authority in the southern Litani sector, excluding areas that remain under Israeli occupation.
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