Israeli army says deputy commander of its 300th Brigade killed on border with Lebanon

By Mahmoud Barakat

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Israeli army announced that the deputy commander of its 300th Brigade was killed Monday during clashes with gunmen who crossed the border from Lebanon.

Lieutenant Colonel Alim Abdallah, 40, hailed from the Druze village of Yanuh-Jat in northern Israel.

Earlier, the army announced the killing of “a number of militants who crossed the border from Lebanon.”

Israel's Channel 12 reported that three Israeli soldiers were wounded in a clash with gunmen who infiltrated the border.

On Sunday, Lebanon's Hezbollah group reaffirmed its support for the Palestinian resistance, saying it is "not neutral" in the ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group.