BEIRUT, Lebanon
Five people were killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon Tuesday evening, including the son of Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah's parliamentary wing, a Hezbollah spokesperson confirmed.
Three sources confirmed to
our reporter that at least four people were killed, but gave no further details. The
strike took place in Beit Yahoun (Bint Jbeil district).
Raad's son was "killed
along with other Hezbollah members" when an Israeli strike targeted a
house they were in, in the village of Beit Yahoun, a source told AFP on
condition of anonymity.
Sometime after, shortly before
1 a.m. on Wednesday night, Hezbollah announced the death of five of its
members, including Abbas Mohammad Raad.
As usual, the party did not
specify when or where the militants were killed, but it seems that they all
died in the same Israeli strike that killed Mohammad Raad's son.
The total number of Hezbollah
fighters killed since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel now stands
at 84, according to our count.
In its announcements,
Hezbollah said that Abbas Mohammad Raad was from Jbaa (Nabatieh district).
It also released the names of
the four other party members who were killed: Khalil Jawad Chhaymi, from
Markaba (Marjeyoun district), Ahmad Hassan Moustapha from Houla (Marjeyoun
district), Mohammad Hassan Ahmad Cheri, from Kherbet Selm (Bint Jbeil district)
and Bassam Ali Kanjo from Chaqra (Bint Jbeil district).
Exchanges of fire between
Hezbollah and Israel along the border broke out the day after Hamas attacked
southern Israel on October 7.
Israel and Hezbollah, which is
backed by Iran and is an ally of Hamas, partook in cross-border fighting that
was largely contained within a certain distance from the border, but has seen
several escalations over the last 47 days.
The violence has so far left
around a hundred people dead in Lebanon, most of them Hezbollah fighters, but
also more than a dozen civilians, including three Lebanese journalists.
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