Hezbollah attacks Israeli bases after 'assassination' in Shaqra

An Israeli drone targeted Tuesday a pickup vehicle in the southern town of Shaqra near the border, killing at least one person.

Another person was injured in the strike, local media outlets said.

Warplanes broke earlier on Tuesday the sound barrier over Beirut and several other regions including Khaldeh, al-Hadath, Aramoun, Damour, Jiyeh, Jezzine and Keserwan.

Warplanes later raided the southern town of Tallousa in the Marjeyoun District and artillery shelled the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab.

The Israeli army said that several drones exploded Tuesday over Meron and rockets hit Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot.

Hezbollah said it has attacked a command center in Mount Meria near Meron with an array of suicide drones and another command center in the Ramim barracks with heavy artillery shells, in response to the "assassination" in Shaqra.

The group later attacked the al-Marj post with a Burkan rocket, also in retaliation to the strike on Shaqra.

Hezbollah also targeted Tuesday a command center in Beit Hellel with Falaq rockets, in response to the attacks on civilians in south Lebanon, "especially in Shihine."

Hezbollah had carried out Monday seven attacks on Israeli positions and settlements, targeting al-Malkia with a suicide drone and the Tzuriel settlement in north Israel, for the first time since the war broke out, in response to an Israeli strike on a family in Hanine in south Lebanon.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had vowed that the group would hit new targets in Israel when civilians are targeted in Lebanon.

Israeli warplanes raided overnight the southern border town of Aita al-Shaab and flare bombs hit villages along the border.

Hezbollah has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israeli forces in support of Hamas since the Palestinian group's October 7 attack on southern Israel triggered war in the Gaza Strip.

The violence since October has killed at least 518 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have included at least 104 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.