Two Resistance Brigades members killed by Israeli shelling
The Hezbollah-linked Resistance Brigades, also known as Saraya al-Moqawama, announced Monday the death of two of its members "as they performed their national duties."
The Resistance Brigades was created in 1997 by Hezbollah's leadership. The group comprised Lebanese young men from various sects who wanted to fight the Israeli occupation of south Lebanon without having to officially join Hezbollah. The group was not disbanded after Israel's withdrawal from the South in 2000.
Ali Kamal Abdel-Al and Hussein Hassan Abdel-Al are the first militants announced dead by the Resistance Brigades, since Oct.7.
The two were trying to retrieve the body of a third person killed in Israeli strikes over the southern border town of Halta in the Arqoub region.
The Lebanese Army, in coordination with the UNIFIL, retrieved the bodies of the three from the outskirts of Kfarshouba. They were transferred from Halta by the Lebanese Red Cross.
Hezbollah had announced Sunday the deaths of seven more militants as clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border intensified.
26 of Hezbollah militants have been killed since Hamas' Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel. At least six militants from Hamas and another militant group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and at least four civilians have died in the near-daily hostilities, including Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah. The toll rose Monday to 32 Lebanese, after the Resistance Brigades' statement, and six Palestinian militants.
Israel has announced the death of three soldiers and one civilian since Oct.7, although Hezbollah has been attacking Israeli troops, inflicting casualties.
The Israeli army said Monday that it intercepted a drone launched from Lebanon toward Israel.
Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah militants have traded fire across the border since Israel's war with the Palestinian group Hamas began, but the launches so far have targeted limited areas.
Hezbollah has vowed to escalate if Israel begins a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, which is likely, and Israel said it would aggressively retaliate.
Source: Naharnet
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