Senior Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

By Wassim Saifuldine

BEIRUT (AA) – A senior Hezbollah leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, the group said on Monday.

The Lebanese group said Wissam al-Hassan was killed in the town of Khirbet Selm, without providing any details about the circumstances leading to his death.

Lebanon’s National News Agency earlier reported that two people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a car in the town.

Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging fire along the Lebanese-Israeli border since the Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.

The killing of senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut has stoked fresh fears of escalation. Arouri was killed in an airstrike last week, but Israel has not confirmed if it was behind the attack.​​​​​​​