Update 3/3/24, 1:00 pm EST: The grandson of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the Israeli drone strike against a vehicle in the Naqoura region (reported below), Arabic media outlets reported on Sunday.
Israeli airstrikes hit a series of targets in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least seven Hezbollah members and badly damaging several buildings. Hezbollah confirmed the deaths but did not identify any of the slain by rank or by role.
The biggest attack was in the town of Ramia, where an airstrike killed four Hezbollah members. Three others were killed in an Israeli drone strike against a vehicle in the Naqoura region, traveling along a southern coastal road.
Israel targeted those in the vehicle as having fired rockets against northern Israel. They were reported to be members of the Imam Hossein Division, an Iranian militia that operates alongside Hezbollah. Among the slain, again unidentified, was said to be a weapons technician.
Beyond these airstrikes, additional fighter jet strikes hit southern Lebanon, damaging two buildings in Blida. The attacks mostly came early in the morning, or before dawn.
The attacks come just a day after pre-dawn airstrikes against the Syrian port of Baniyas, which killed an Iranian guard member as well as two members of Hezbollah. Once again, neither of the Hezbollah members have been positively identified.
The ongoing escalation comes amid negotiations for a Gaza Strip ceasefire. The Israeli government has presented a potential ceasefire as an opportunity to further increase the number of attacks on Lebanon.
The escalation in Lebanon is something multiple members of the international community are trying to avoid. Hezbollah has said they intend to follow a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The real question is whether Israel will continue to escalate if Hezbollah ceases fire. Indications are that they will, as Israel has presented its military goal as not only returning residents to northern Israel but forcing Hezbollah away from the border region. Proposals aimed at preventing such a war have centered on the idea of Hezbollah being replaced at the border by the Lebanese military. It is unclear if Lebanon will approve of this proposal.
Israeli Airstrike Kills Seven Hezbollah Members in Southern Lebanon
7 hezbollahs killed. not a single innocent is ever killed. not ever.
even little tiny guys are hezbollahs or hamas or some other terrorist dudes.
hey “making the world safe for western oil-men”
what
That’s just like Putin’s attacks on Ukraine.
If would be wise if Hezbollah quit firing rockets into Israel.
You really don’t get the cause and effect relationship, do you?
More than you do. I understand that Hamas got 30,000 of its people killed by their attack on Oct 7. Do you understand that 30,000 people would be alive today if Hamas did not make that attack? How many people in Lebanon are going to get killed in Hezbollah keeps firing rockets?
What got 30,000 killed and hundreds of thousands on the verge of starvation is Israel’s response to what Hamas did. I can go back to 2019 and Netanyahu saying: “Those who want to thwart the possibility of a Palestinian state should support the strengthening of Hamas and the transfer of money to Hamas. This is part of our strategy.” if you like. Let’s start history there. No support for Hamas, no Oct 7th. See how easy that is? In reality, Israel is responsible for what THEY decided to do. Period.
No, Israel’s genocidal ramgage is on Israel, and on its supporters, who will be covered in that blood when they arrive in Hell.
Jason Ditz? Is it me, or has Jason been gone for awhile? Thomas?
He was gone for awhile with some health problems, but thankfully he’s been back for a month or so, on “light duty.”
Good to see him back…!
Thank you.
The Israelis know that Hezbollah has been exercising restraint and that Iran really doesn’t want a wider war. But they don’t feel they can allow residents to return to northern Israel unless they push Hezbollah back to the Litani River* ** and they think (at least hope) that a wider war would bring the US in directly. So they keep provoking.
* They could just stop the genocide if they want the pinprick attacks by Hezbollah to stop.
** If they even can push Hezbollah back to the rver, the cost will be enormous.
“Israeli airstrikes hit a series of targets in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least seven”
So far, the reply by Hezbollah has not killed Israelis. That is clearly a mistake. They won’t stop unless they pay a price they value.
They have already decided to attack Lebanon. There is no point pretending they won’t. The point is to stop the free-hit killing of anyone and everyone in the region living around Israel.
Israel cannot survive without US…!