BEIRUT: Two people – one a civilian and the other, according to the Israeli army, the head of Iran-backed Hezbollah's anti-tank missile unit – were killed and seven others wounded in renewed Israeli clashes in several cities in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
An Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in the city of Jawiyah this afternoon, and a passing car was hit and the people inside were injured.
The Emergency Operation Center of the Ministry of Health announced the death of two people, Hassan Faris Jashi, a member of Hezbollah, and a civilian, Mohammad Hassan Shomer, and four other people were injured.
The Israeli army said: Hassan Faris is the commander of Hezbollah's anti-tank missile unit.
Israeli artillery bombardment and airstrikes continued on border towns known for their loyalty to Hezbollah. These attacks attacked the cities of Belida, Tair Gehre, Khayyam, Jabin, Chihina, Magdalion, Naqura, Zibqin, Chaqra, Barachit, Halta, Quinin, Muhaib and Kafarkala.
The Emergency Operations Center said: “Phosphorus artillery shells targeted the city of Shabaa, causing suffocation to a citizen who required hospitalization.”
In response, Hezbollah targeted the “Rahab and Jalul Alam site” with artillery shells and the Malikiya site with rocket weapons.
For the second day in a row, Israeli fighter jets crossed the sound barrier over Beirut.
The National News Agency of Lebanon reported that Israeli planes did the same thing in two waves over the cities of Saida and Jezin and various parts of the south of this country, and activists shared pictures of the violation of Lebanese airspace by the planes on social networks.
Residents of Beirut and dozens of towns in the Mount Lebanon region were terrified on Tuesday when low-altitude Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier and created a loud noise.
Border villages adjacent to the Blue Line in the western and central sectors were hit by Israeli army flares hours later, while Hezbollah carried out nine operations against Israeli military sites.
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech on Tuesday that the response to last week's assassination of Fouad Shakar, the group's prominent military leader, is “definite.”
Israelis are also awaiting Hezbollah and Iran's response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political head of Hamas, in Tehran, just hours after Shakar was killed in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said: The Israeli army is constantly developing its offensive and defensive capabilities.
Meanwhile, leaflets were circulated on Wednesday in predominantly Druze areas, particularly in the Choift region, containing images of child victims of the Majdal Shams attack in the occupied Golan that killed 12 people. These were the words: “We will take revenge on them, Hezbollah.”
Israel has accused Hezbollah of shelling a soccer field in Majdal Shams, but Hezbollah strongly denies responsibility for the attack, while Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has declared his support for the Iran-backed group. .
