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Eugene

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Mon Feb 12, 2024, 06:35 PM Feb 12

Hezbollah official wounded in Israeli strike on Lebanon: security source

Source: Agence France-Presse

Hezbollah official wounded in Israeli strike on Lebanon: security source

Issued on: 12/02/2024 - 18:35
Modified: 12/02/2024 - 20:20
2 min

Beirut (AFP) – An Israeli air strike on Monday seriously wounded a local Hezbollah official in his car in Lebanon's south, a Lebanese security source told AFP.

Israeli forces and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily fire since war broke out on October 7 between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip.

In the past few days, a series of Israeli strikes has injured officials from Lebanese and Palestinian armed groups in southern Lebanon.

The source said an Israeli strike "targeted a local Hezbollah official in the town of Bint Jbeil" and the official was "seriously injured".

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Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240212-hezbollah-official-wounded-in-israeli-strike-on-lebanon-security-source

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