2 Hezbollah fighters among 5 killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon

By Ahmed Asmar

ANKARA (AA) - The Israeli army on Friday killed five people affiliated with the Hezbollah group and its allied Amal Movement in southern Lebanon, according to separate statements.

In a statement, Hezbollah said two fighters were killed "on the road to Jerusalem," in reference to the Hezbollah fight in support of the Palestinian resistance facing the Israeli devastating onslaught in Gaza.

The death toll of the Hezbollah fighters killed by the Israeli forces since Oct. 8 has risen to 267, according to previous statements by the group.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah’s ally Amal Movement, in a statement, mourned three of its members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Jdaideh town in the Marjaayoun district in southern Lebanon.

Tension has flared along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.

The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.