Hezbollah says 4 members killed in clashes with Israeli forces near Lebanon’s border

By Wassim Seif El Din

BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Thursday that four of its members had been killed in clashes with Israeli forces near the border with southern Lebanon.

The group, however, did not provide any details about the circumstances of their death.

Hezbollah said its fighters struck a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Shtoula in northern Israel “with appropriate weapons,” resulting in “direct hits.”

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.

At least 147 Hezbollah members have been killed since the outbreak of the clashes on Oct. 8, according to figures released by the Lebanese group.

The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 22,313 people following a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar