Hezbollah member killed in Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon

It was the latest strike in an area where Israel has targeted dozens of Hezbollah fighters. Israel’s military said it does not comment on foreign reports.

Earlier, residents and security officials said a drone had killed two people and injured at least four others

near the village of Kafra 8 kilometers from the border.

Hezbollah on Sunday afternoon mourned Fadel Salman who was killed in the attack.

Hezbollah has been trading fire across Lebanon’s southern border with Israeli forces in support of the

militia group’s Palestinian ally Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas militants rampaged across the Gaza border into Israel on October 7, prompting an Israeli

invasion of the enclave backed by heavy air strikes that has killed thousands and laid much of the heavily

populated area to waste.

Hezbollah has said its campaign has aided Palestinians by stretching Israeli forces and driving tens of thousands of Israelis from their homes.

It has come at a cost, with around 140 Hezbollah fighters and at least 25 Lebanese civilians killed, as well as at least nine Israeli soldiers and a civilian. The intensity has been growing in recent weeks.