Hezbollah loses another fighter in clashes with Israeli forces

BEIRUT

Hezbollah said Wednesday that one of its fighters was killed in fighting with the Israeli army along border areas with Israel.

A statement by the Lebanese group identified the fighter as Ibrahim Raslan, and it said he was killed "on the road to Jerusalem," in reference to Hezbollah’s fight in support of Palestinian resistance against a devastating Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

The group also said its fighters targeted an Israeli military site in Al-Abad and fortifications with appropriate weapons, and inflicted "confirmed casualties."

Separately, the Lebanese group, cited by the official Lebanese news agency, NNA, said it targeted "an Israeli infantry force in the vicinity of the Birkat Risha site" and inflicted casualties on Israeli troops.

The death toll of the fighters killed by the Israeli forces since Oct. 8 rose to 118, according to previous statements by Hezbollah.

Tension has flared along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.

The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar