Israel says member of Iran’s IRGC among several killed in Lebanon strikes
Al Jazeera
Latest attacks come hours after an Israeli strike the night before in ongoing near-daily ceasefire violations.
The Israeli army says an operative with the external arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is among several people killed in strikes it has carried out across Lebanon in another breach of its ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said the drone strike on Thursday hit a vehicle on the Hosh al-Sayyed Ali road in the Hermel district, killing two people.
The Israeli army said Hussein Mahmoud Marshad al-Jawhari, an alleged member of the IRGC’s Quds Force, was killed in the Ansariyah area of southern Lebanon after his vehicle was struck.
It accused him of carrying out “Iran-directed terror activities against Israel and its security forces from Syria and Lebanon”.
The IRGC did not immediately respond to the allegation.
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