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.
January 22, 2024 | 12:32 AM