By Naim Berjawi and Mehmet Nuri Ucar
BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese group Hezbollah said Thursday that one of its fighters was killed in clashes with Israeli forces near the border between Lebanon and Israel.
The group identified the member as Mehdi Halil Zahter.
Tensions have flared along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.
At least 105 Hezbollah members have been killed since the clashes first erupted on Oct. 8, according to figures released by the group.
The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7.
*Writing by Seda Sevencan