An Israeli strike yesterday on south Lebanon killed a Hezbollah fighter, a source close to the group said, with a security official saying the target was a high-level commander who survived.
Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel, the Lebanese-Israeli border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire between Israel’s army and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, an ally of Hamas.
The strike on a car in south Lebanon “killed a member of Hezbollah’s protection team”, a Lebanese security official said, adding that the senior commander he was protecting “escaped death”.
A source close to Hezbollah confirmed a Hezbollah fighter had been killed, but denied that a high-level official had been the target of the strike. Both sources spoke on condition of anonymity for security concerns.
According to the security official, the Hezbollah commander was in a vehicle with three other people, behind the car that was hit.
The source close to Hezbollah said the strike also wounded a civilian woman who was in the area at the time of impact.
State-run Lebanese media earlier reported one death in an Israeli drone strike on Kafra, a village near the border.
“The strike that targeted a car in Kafra killed one person while others suffered moderate and minor injuries,” the official National News Agency (NNA) said.
It added that the drone struck near an army checkpoint, destroying a four-wheel drive vehicle and setting another car on fire.
Another security official said there were no casualties among Lebanese soldiers.
This picture taken from a position along the border with Lebanon yesterday shows smoke billowing over the Lebanese village of Markaba during reported Israeli bombardment, amid ongoing tensions.
