A series of Israeli air raids hit several areas in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa on Sunday.
An Israeli airstrike targeted a car in Naqoura on Sunday morning, killing one person, according to the Ministry of Health. The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, said Sunday evening that the target was Abdel Mahmud Sayed, “a local representative of Hezbollah in the village of Bayyada,” responsible, according to him, for maintaining ties between the group and residents of the area “on economic and military matters.” He reportedly “took part in efforts to restore Hezbollah’s military capabilities” in the locality.
The attack was followed by another strike that hit a car near the General Security center at the entrance of the town of Nabi Sheet, in the Bekaa, where one death was reported, Ali Hussein Mussawi, a Hezbollah weapons trafficker, according to Adraee. “Mussawi acted as an arms dealer and smuggler of military equipment for Hezbollah” and “was involved in purchasing and transferring weapons from Syria to Lebanon,” the statement read. He reportedly “played a key role in Hezbollah’s rearmament efforts and the rebuilding of its military capabilities,” the same source added.
Another car was targeted by an Israeli raid in Buday, in the Bekaa, without causing any injuries. In addition, two persons were killed and one was wounded in an Israeli strike on Al-Hfeyr, west of Baalbeck, later in the afternoon.
Intense flights by Israeli drones were also reported over Tyre and surrounding villages, as well as over Beirut’s southern suburbs, where one drone was seen flying at a very low altitude.
On Saturday evening, an Israeli raid targeting a motorcycle in the town of Kleiaa (Tyre district) killed one person, the Health Ministry said. The Israeli army later identified the victim as Mohammad Akram Arabiyeh, a member of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan unit. According to the army’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee, the individual had recently taken part in efforts to rebuild Hezbollah’s military and logistical infrastructure, in violation of agreements between Israel and Lebanon.
Earlier on Sunday, around 3:40 a.m., an Israeli drone fired a missile at a construction vehicle in the village of Blida (Marjayoun district), causing no casualties. Another drone later dropped a sound bomb toward Aita al-Shaab. Later in the day, a drone again dropped a sound bomb in the direction of several farmers in Aita al-Shaab.
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