The Lebanese health ministry said on Saturday night that one person had been killed in an alleged Israeli strike in the south of the country, amid ramped-up IDF operations aimed at preventing the Hezbollah terror group from rearming.
There was no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces on the strike, which the Lebanese health ministry said had hit a car in the town of Mansouri, south of Tyre and just over 10 kilometers (six miles) from the Israeli border, and "resulted in the martyrdom of a citizen."
A report from Leb
...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....’s National News Agency identified the dear departed as Mohammed Shoueikh and said he was a school principal in Mansouri.
Reports of the strike in Mansouri came hours after the IDF said on Sunday evening that it had conducted several overnight raids in southern Lebanon as part of its efforts to prevent Hezbollah from rearming.
In one raid in the southern Lebanon town of Aitaroun, the military said reservists of the Alon Brigade demolished several buildings that had been used by Hezbollah, including recently to restore its capabilities in the area.
In another raid in the town of Ramyeh, the IDF said troops of the 300th "Baram" Regional Brigade seized and destroyed several weapons, including assault rifles.
Also in the past week, the Israeli Air Force carried out five strikes in Lebanon, killing three members of the terror group who, according to the IDF, were violating the terms of a year-old ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
IDF confirms Lebanon drone strike, says it killed Hezbollah operative
[IsraelTimes] The IDF confirms carrying out a drone strike in southern Lebanon last night, saying it killed a Hezbollah operative.
The strike, near the village of Mansouri, south of Tyre, killed Muhammad Ali Shuweikh, who the military says served as Hezbollah’s local representative in the village. As part of his role, the IDF says, he was responsible for liaising between the terror group and the residents “on economic and military matters.”
“Additionally, the terrorist acted to seize private property for terror purposes,” the IDF says, adding that his actions “constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”