1 person killed in Israeli airstrike on car in southern Lebanon

BEIRUT

A person was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike on a car in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese media.

The Lebanese official news agency NNA said a person, without identifying his nationality, was killed by an Israeli drone airstrike that took place in the Abu Al-Aswad area in Sidon city.

It added that the Israeli warplanes also carried out three overnight raids on the Jabal Abou Rached area in the Jezzine town, and three others on the outskirts of Yaroun town in southern Lebanon.

Tensions have escalated along Lebanon’s border with Israel since the Israeli army launched a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, amid an exchange of cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides had fought a full-scale war in 2006.

* Writing by Ahmed Asmar.