2 Syrian children, 1 Hezbollah member killed in Israeli raid on southern Lebanon

By Wassim Saif Al-Din

BEIRUT (AA) – At least two children and a member of Hezbollah were killed on Friday in an Israeli raid on a town in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese National News Agency reported that “two Syrian children succumbed to their wounds as a result of an Israeli raid targeting the town of Al-Najariya” in the Zahrani area of the Sidon district in southern Lebanon.

The Lebonan-based resistance group Hezbollah said in a statement that “Hussein Khader Mahdi from the town of Al-Najariya in southern Lebanon was killed.”

With the latest fatality, the death toll of Hezbollah fighters since Oct. 8 has risen to 300, according to a tally by Anadolu.

There were no immediate comments from Israel on the reports.

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

The escalation comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed over 35,300 Palestinians following a Hamas attack last Oct. 7.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi