Israel killed a top military leader of the pro-Iran group Hezbollah in an attack in the south of Lebanona security source told AFP, raising fears that the conflict in Loop spread to the region.
This military chief “played a leading role in directing military operations in the south,” where Hezbollah has been carrying out daily attacks against Israel for three months, in support of Palestinian Hamas, the source detailed, who requested the anonymity.
He died “in an Israeli bombing that hit his vehicle in the village of Kherbet Selm,” a dozen kilometers from the border with Israel, he added.
This military leader played a leading role in directing military operations in the south
This attack occurs amid fears of a regional conflagration, especially after the death of Hamas number two, Saleh al Aruri, and six other Hamas leaders in an attack attributed to Israel on January 2.
The attack hit an office of the Palestinian group in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold.which fired dozens of rockets at a military base in northern Israel on Saturday in retaliation.
The head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, declared on Saturday from Beirut that Lebanon should not “be dragged into a regional conflict.”
“It is imperative to avoid a regional escalation in the Middle East, it is absolutely necessary to prevent Lebanon from being dragged into a regional conflict,” said Borrell, who met with a Hezbollah official.
AFP
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