Since the Gaza war began on October 7th, there have been repeated confrontations on the border between Israel and Lebanon. Now there were deaths again.
According to Lebanese security circles and the Hezbollah militia, three children and their grandmother were killed in an attack by an Israeli drone in Lebanon. When asked, the Israeli military said it had attacked “a suspicious vehicle.”
It was “identified as a suspected means of transport for terrorists.” “The allegation that there were civilians in the vehicle is currently under investigation,” the army said.
According to Hezbollah, relatives of Lebanese journalist Samir Ajub were in the car. Ajub told the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Majadin television channel that Israel could not claim that the killed children were Hezbollah supporters. The Lebanese state news agency NNA also reported that four of Ajub’s relatives were killed.
In response, Hezbollah attacked the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona near the border with Lebanon with several rockets, the militia said. It is a response to Israel’s “heinous, brutal crime” on Sunday afternoon. The movement will never tolerate “harm and attacks on civilians.”
Israeli civilian killed
According to the Israeli army, an Israeli civilian was killed in a Hezbollah attack from Lebanon. Hezbollah attacks Israeli military targets and populated areas without distinguishing between civilians and military personnel.
According to the army, an Israeli vehicle was hit by an anti-tank missile on the border with Lebanon in the afternoon. It was initially unclear whether this was the attack in which the civilian died. The Lebanese Hezbollah militia said it attacked a group of Israeli soldiers, causing casualties. The Israeli military said it returned fire.
According to the army, Israeli missile defense had previously intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle from Lebanon. In addition, several projectiles were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel. In both cases, the artillery attacked targets in the neighboring country to the north.
Since the beginning of the Gaza war on October 7th, there have been repeated confrontations between the Israeli army and Hezbollah on the border between Israel and Lebanon. There were deaths on both sides. It is the worst escalation since the second Lebanon war in 2006.
Hezbollah has connections to the Islamist Hamas, which rules in the Gaza Strip, but is considered to be much more influential and powerful. It is also considered Iran’s most important non-state ally and is part of the self-proclaimed “Axis of Resistance”, a front of militias with the aim of fighting Iran’s arch-enemy Israel.
Source: Stern
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