Israel claims to have killed two members of Hezbollah in Lebanon – Liberation

Two people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, said the Lebanese Ministry of Health, the Israeli army claiming to have « Eliminated » Two members of Hezbollah. Despite a cease-fire entered into force November 27 After two months of war between Israel and HezbollahTsahal regularly leads Attacks in Lebanonclaiming to aim for combatants and infrastructures of the Islamist movement supported by Iran.

First « Raid led by the Israeli enemy against a car on the Saïda-Ghaziyeh road left one dead, » said the Ministry of Health. The Israeli army then announced in a statement to have « Led a precise strike in the Saïda region and eliminated Hezbollah Terrorist Mohammad Jaafar Asaad Abdallah ». According to the army, he was « Responsible, among other things, for the deployment of Hezbollah communication systems throughout Lebanon ».

After the first strike, the all-terrain vehicle caught fire, causing a cloud of black smoke in the sky. The Lebanese army completed the area and the firefighters intervened to control the flames. The Lebanese ministry then reported a second person killed in an attack on a car near Aïta al-Chaab, not far from the border with Israel.

In the evening, the Israeli army said that« A member of Hezbollah was targeted and eliminated (…) in the Aïta al-Chaab region ». She has already claimed to have killed several Hezbollah fighters including « Commanders » This week in the south of the neighboring country.

After the start of the war in Gaza launched on October 7, 2023 by an attack on Hamas on Israeli soil, Hezbollah opened a front against Israel, pulling rockets in support of the Palestinians. In September 2024, the conflict degenerated at an open war with intense Israeli bombings in Lebanon which decimated the management of Hezbollah and left more than 4,000 dead, according to the authorities.