Shafaq News– Beirut (Updated at 13:52)

An airstrike in Lebanon’s southern town of Zahrani killed a Hezbollah member involved in efforts to rebuild the group’s military infrastructure, the Israeli military reported on Wednesday.

Earlier today, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) confirmed that ‘’a national’’ was killed when his car was struck on the Zahrani–Msayleh road.

Separately, Lebanon’s Health Ministry confirmed another fatality in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Bazouriyeh, in southern Lebanon. Israeli drones were also observed flying at low altitude over Tyre and its suburbs, as well as across Beirut, including above Palestinian refugee camps.

The strikes follow last week’s report from Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, which documented two deaths from separate Israeli drone attacks in southern Lebanon.

Despite the US-brokered ceasefire signed on November 27, 2024, Israeli forces continue to occupy five positions south of the Litani River and conduct regular strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as in Beirut’s southern suburbs. UNIFIL has recorded more than 10,000 Israeli violations since the truce, while Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports 340 deaths and over 970 injuries during the same period.

Meanwhile, Lebanon’s army has progressed with a government-approved, multi-phase plan to place weapons under exclusive state control. On January 8, it confirmed reaching an “advanced phase” of the plan, establishing operational control over territories under its authority in the southern Litani sector, excluding areas that remain under Israeli occupation.

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