Thai worker in Israel killed by missile from Lebanon
An anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon killed a young man from Thailand in the north of Israel early Friday, Israel’s paramedic service said.
Magen David Adom, the paramedic service, said that the 27-year-old was killed by a missile that hit agricultural land.
Israeli media reported that the man killed was a foreign worker on a kibbutz, a communal farm, in the north. Israel employs many foreign nationals, particularly from Thailand, on farms.
The Thai embassy in Tel Aviv was working on getting in touch with the man’s family, a spokesperson for Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a news conference in Bangkok.
The Israeli military said that anti-tank fire from Lebanon injured two other civilians Friday. Hezbollah claimed one missile attack on a military position in the north Friday morning.
Hezbollah and other militants in Lebanon have been exchanging fire with Israel for the past year. Israel recently escalated bombardment in Lebanon and invaded a strip inside the Lebanese border, vowing to push out Hezbollah fighters.
Friday’s strike was one of the first civilian deaths in Israel since the escalation began in late September. Two Israelis were killed by rocket debris Wednesday. On the Lebanese side, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,400 people in the past three weeks, including fighters, civilians and medical personnel.
Source: Associated Press
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