An Israeli strike inside Syria, near the Lebanon border, killed two Hezbollah members and critically injured a Syrian driver. One of the slain was identified as Yasser Nemr Qranbish, who formerly served as a bodyguard to Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
Hezbollah issued a statement confirming Qranbish’s death and said in recent years he had been active in Syria, responsible for procuring weapons shipments for Hezbollah. The other slain Hezbollah member has not been identified yet.
Hezbollah responded by firing Katyusha rockets against an Israeli base in the occupied Golan Heights. Two Israelis were reportedly killed and two others critically wounded in the rocket attacks.
Israel retaliated against the fire on the Golan Heights base with a flurry of additional attacks across southern Lebanon, claiming to have targeted terrorist infrastructure which was being used to carry out attacks on the Golan Heights.
Israel and Hezbollah have been trading near daily fire along the Israeli-Lebanon border since October. The number of strikes on both sides has been escalating in recent weeks, leading to growing international concern it will lead to a full-scale Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Israeli officials have talked up an invasion for months, but are being discouraged by US officials, who warn the ongoing Israeli war the Gaza Strip would make it difficult for Israel to commit enough forces to successfully invade the north.
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