2 more Hezbollah fighters killed in border clashes with Israel

By Wassim Saifuldine

BEIRUT (AA) – Two more Hezbollah fighters were killed in clashes with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese group said on Wednesday.

The group identified the slain fighters as Mohamed Ali Butoam and Ali Hassan Soltan, without providing any details about the circumstances of their death.

The announcement came shortly after Lebanese media said that two people had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the town of Odaisseh early Wednesday.

On Monday, Hezbollah said that six fighters were killed in confrontations with the Israeli army, bringing its death toll to 310 since Oct. 8, 2023, according to an Anadolu tally.

Tensions have risen along Lebanon’s border with Israel amid cross-border attacks between Hezbollah and Israeli forces as Tel Aviv presses ahead with a deadly onslaught against the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 35,640 people since October following an attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar