Israeli army confirms killing of Hamas leader in Gaza, 2 senior commanders
Israel's military has confirmed the killing of Mohammed Sinwar, a senior Hamas commander and head of the group's military wing in Gaza, in an airstrike earlier this month.
Eleven people were killed, and 11 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, media reported.
According to the official National News Agency (NNA) on Saturday, six people from the same family were killed, and 11 others were injured in an Israeli raid on a house in the village of Khreibeh in the eastern Baalbek-Hermel Governorate.
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In addition, five employees of the Nabatieh municipality were also killed in an Israeli raid that targeted a municipal warehouse, the report said.
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Military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israeli warplanes and drones carried out about 90 raids on Saturday on villages and towns in southern and eastern Lebanon, and Israeli artillery bombarded 16 villages and towns with about 75 shells.
In separate statements on Saturday, Hezbollah announced that it destroyed an Israeli Merkava tank with a guided missile in the village of Chamaa, southern Lebanon, which led to casualties among its crew, Xinhua news agency reported.
The group added that it targeted with missiles gatherings of Israeli soldiers and vehicles that infiltrated towns in the border area in southern Lebanon, and targeted with rockets several Israeli sites and gatherings in northern Israel, including those in the cities of Acre, Haifa, Safed, and Kiryat Shmona.
Since September 23, the Israeli army has intensified its air attack on Lebanon in an escalation of conflict with Hezbollah.
Israel further initiated a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon in early October.
According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the war on October 8, 2023, reached 3,452, and injuries went up to 14,664.
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