Illustrative image (The Israeli Defense Forces)
Two fighters of Hezbollah were killed late on August 14 when Israeli strikes hit the heartland of the Iran-backed group, southern Lebanon.
In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that its fighter jet targeted the two fighters in the town of Marjaayoun, adding that a building used by Hezbollah in the town of Ayta ash-Shab, which is also located in southern Lebanon, was hit. Video footage showing the strikes were released by the military.
Hezbollah admitted in separate statements that two of its fighters were killed overnight, describing them as “martyrs on the road to Jerusalem.”
Four other people were wounded in the Israeli strike on Marjaayoun, according to China’s Xinhua news agency. It is still unclear however if those wounded were also fighters of Hezbollah or civilians.
Earlier on August 14, some 17 people, including children, were wounded when an Israeli strike hit the town of Abbasiyah in southern Lebanon.
The intense strikes on southern Lebanon came as Israel is preparing for a possible response by Hezbollah to the assassination of the group’s senior commander Fuad Shukr in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, last month.
Hezbollah and its allies began launching near-daily attacks against the IDF in support of the Hamas Movement and other armed factions in the Gaza Strip after the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave last October. On August 14 alone, Hezbollah carried out eight attacks.
So far, the confrontation has resulted in 26 civilian deaths in Israel and the occupied Golan as well as the deaths of at least 18 soldiers and security officers. On the Lebanese side, more than 600 people have been killed, including 391 fighters of Hezbollah and over 100 civilians.
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