Hezbollah says another member killed border clashes with Israel

By Wassim Saifuldine

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) — Lebanese group Hezbollah said Monday that one of its members was killed in border clashes with Israeli forces.

The Hezbollah member was killed in the southern Lebanese town of Chaqra, the group said in a statement, without providing details about the circumstances leading to his death.

Amid the conflict in the Gaza Strip, tension has flared along the border between Israel and Lebanon, with exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.

At least 48 Hezbollah members have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces since Oct. 7.

The border clashes have been the deadliest since Hezbollah and Israel fought a full-scale war in 2006, when the Lebanese group struck major Israeli cities with rockets, causing significant damage.

More than 1,000 Lebanese were killed in that war, while much of southern Lebanon — a Hezbollah stronghold — was devastated by Israeli attacks.

The border tension comes as Israel widened its air and ground operations in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on Israeli border towns on Oct. 7.

Nearly 9,500 people have been killed in the conflict, including 8,005 Palestinians and more than 1,538 Israelis.