Hezbollah says 6 more members killed in clashes with Israeli army

Death toll of Lebanese group climbs to 261 since Oct. 8, according to Anadolu tally

By Stephanie Rady

BEIRUT (AA) - Lebanese group Hezbollah on Friday said that six of its fighters were killed in cross-border clashes with Israeli forces.

The number of Hezbollah members killed in clashes with Israeli forces since Oct. 8 has risen to 261, according to an Anadolu tally.

Earlier, in separate statements, Hezbollah said it targeted twice the Zabdine barracks in the occupied Shebaa Farms with rockets.

This week, Lebanon's southern border witnessed the most violent Israeli military escalation since the start of the recent clashes, with 16 people, including seven paramedics, killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting villages and towns on Wednesday.

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, which killed more than 32,600 Palestinians.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala

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