BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on a car in south Lebanon Saturday killed three Hezbollah fighters, a security source said, the latest in almost five-months of escalating cross-border fire between the Iran-backed group and Israel.
Since war erupted between Israel and Gaza-based Palestinian militant group Hamas on October 7, Hezbollah has been launching near-daily attacks from Lebanon into northern Israeli in support of its ally Hamas, while Israel has been striking south Lebanon.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that “an enemy drone targeted a car this morning on the road to Naqura,” a coastal town near the Israeli border, adding that ambulances rushed to the scene.
In separate statements Saturday, Hezbollah said three of its fighters were “martyred on the road to Jerusalem,” the phrase the group uses to refer to members killed by Israeli fire.
In a statement, the Israeli army said its aircraft targeted a car in southern Lebanon transporting “a number of terrorists who launched rockets into Israeli territory.”
Before the strike, Hezbollah said its fighters had launched a drone attack on an Israeli military post.
