Status: 05.11.2023, 20:55 PM
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Yesterday, clashes broke out on the border between Israel and Lebanon. © Hussein Malla/AP/dpa
Since the beginning of the Gaza war on October 7, there have been repeated confrontations on the border between Israel and Lebanon. Now there were more deaths.
Beirut - According to Lebanese security circles and the Hezbollah militia, three children and their grandmother were killed in an attack by an Israeli drone in Lebanon. The drone hit the car of relatives of Lebanese journalist Samir Ayub, Hezbollah said.
When asked, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports. However, a military spokesman emphasized that attacks are only carried out on the basis of intelligence information.
Ayub told the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Majadin TV channel that Israel could not claim that the children killed were Hezbollah supporters. The Lebanese state news agency NNA reported that four of Ajub's relatives had been killed.
Hezbollah attacked the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona near the border with Lebanon with several rockets in response, the militia said. It was a response to Israel's "heinous, brutal crime" on Sunday afternoon. The movement will never tolerate "harm to and attacks on civilians."
Israeli Civilian Killed
According to the Israeli army, an Israeli civilian was killed in a Hezbollah attack from Lebanon. Hezbollah attacks targets of the Israeli military as well as populated villages, without distinguishing between civilians and members of the military.
In the afternoon, according to the army, an Israeli vehicle on the border with Lebanon was hit by an anti-tank missile. It was initially unclear whether this was the attack in which the civilian died. The Lebanese Hezbollah militia said it had attacked a group of Israeli soldiers, causing casualties. The Israeli military returned fire, according to its own statements.
Earlier, according to the army, the Israeli missile defense intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle from Lebanon. In addition, several projectiles were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel. In both cases, the artillery attacked targets in the northern neighboring country. Dpa