Israeli drone strike kills Hezbollah fighter, paramedic in Mays al-Jabal
An Israeli drone strike near a cemetery in the southern village of Mays al-Jabal killed two people, a Hezbollah fighter and a paramedic.
The National News Agency said one of the dead was a member of the Islamic Risala Scout Association paramedic group. The group identified the member killed as Mohammed Fawzi Hamadi. Hezbollah later announced the death of one of its fighters, Ali Shuqair from Mays al-Jabal, "on the road to Jerusalem."
Hezbollah launched a drone attack early Monday on a military base in Ayelet HaShahar in the upper Galilee, in response to "attacks and assassinations" carried out by Israel in several villages in south Lebanon.
The Israeli military said Hezbollah's drone attack wounded two Israeli troops and set off a fire.
The group later targeted the Malkia post with a suicide drone and the Ras al-Naqoura post, the Ramim and the Zar'it barracks with artillery shells, while Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over the south, Beirut and its suburbs.
Tensions in the region have risen sharply since last week after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed Fouad Shukur, a top commander with the militant Hezbollah group.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed that the group will retaliate against Israel.
Source: Associated Press
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