UPDATE - 2 more Hezbollah fighters killed in border clashes with Israel

UPDATES DEATH TOLL, CHANGES HEADLINE, EDITS THROUGH

By Anadolu Staff

ANKARA (AA) - Two more members of the Lebanese group Hezbollah were killed in clashes with the Israeli army, the group announced on Sunday.

In separate statements, the group identified the slain fighters as Mustafa Hassan Fawaz, and Yassin Hussein Hussein.

It did not provide details about the circumstances of their death, saying only they were killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” in reference to Hezbollah’s fight in support of Palestinian resistance groups facing a devastating Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip.

The new fatalities brought to 375 Hezbollah fighters who have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces since Oct. 8, 2023, according to an Anadolu tally.

Fears have grown about a full-blown war between Israel and the Lebanese group amid an exchange of cross-border attacks between the two sides.

The escalation comes against the backdrop of a deadly Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which has killed nearly 39,000 people since October, following an attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi