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28-04-2024
JERUSALEM: An Israeli strike in Lebanon’s Beqaa region has killed two members of a Lebanese militant group that has fired rockets across the southern border at Israel, the group said on Friday.
Israel’s military said in a statement on Friday that its air force “struck and eliminated Mosab Khalaf in the area of Meidoun in Lebanon,” saying he was a member of the Jama’a Islamiya group and had carried out attacks against Israel.
In a statement, the Jama’a Islamiya said two of its field commanders Khalaf and relative of his were killed in the strike.
A security source in Lebanon confirmed that Khalaf was a local official in the group’s armed wing, the Fajr forces. The group has previously fired rockets at Israel.
It was the first time Israel has confirmed having targeted a member of the Jama’a Islamiya in Lebanon, although more than a dozen members of the group have been killed in strikes in Lebanon, including targeting members of Palestinian faction Hamas in Lebanon.
Hamas launched an attack on Israel in October that left 1,200 people dead and led to 253 being taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies. Israel responded with a military campaign on the Gaza Strip that has left more than 34,000 Palestinians dead.
In parallel, Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire across Lebanon’s southern border. An Israeli strike killed two Hezbollah fighters on Friday, security sources in Lebanon said.
More than 250 Hezbollah members and more than 70 civilians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since October. In Israel, missile fire coming from Lebanon has killed around a dozen troops and half as many civilians.
Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel with a barrage of 35 rockets, fired from Lebanon, targetting the northern community of Ein Zeitim near Safed. The attack came as Jewish Israelis sat down for the Passover Seder meal. Later, in a statement, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack and said it had fired ‘dozens’ of Katyusha rockets at an army headquarters in northern Israel in response to raids targeting villages in southern Lebanon. 
Later, the Israeli military also struck a Hezbollah position in southern Lebanon after hitting two more buildings where Hezbollah operatives were gathered earlier. Israel says it killed two senior Hezbollah members in the attack.
Tensions along Israel’s northern border intensify as Iran-backed Hezbollah launches a barrage of rockets at Israeli army sites. In the latest, Hezbollah fired at least 35 rockets at an army headquarters in northern Israel. Hezbollah says the attack was in retaliation to Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon. The IDF hit back and struck Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military said its fighter jets had hit terrorist infrastructure and two buildings used for Hezbollah operations. With Iran-Israel tensions at an all-time high, Hezbollah has intensified attacks on Israeli targets. Meanwhile, the Israeli military also continued its onslaught in the Gaza Strip. Watch this video for details.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched dozens of rockets at Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli town over the border, early on Wednesday in response to deadly Israeli strikes on the village of Hebbariyeh in southern Lebanon a day earlier.
In January, Lebanon’s Sunni Islamist Jama’a Islamiya says it fired two volleys of rockets at Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. The attack comes after Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group said earlier it had fired at least 62 rockets toward Israel on Saturday morning in an “initial response” to the alleged Israeli killing of Hamas terror chief Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut. (Int’l News Desk)
