Israel hits Southern Lebanon: 3 Hezbollah members killed
Shafaq News – Beirut (Updated at 23:25)
Israeli drones carried out a series of strikes across southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing several people, as the Israeli military said it had eliminated what it described as senior and operative members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group.
Lebanese media reported that one drone strike hit a parked car near an Islamic Health Authority center in Jouaiya, in the Tyre district, while another strike targeted a vehicle between Sefad al-Battikh and Baraashit, killing one person. A separate drone attack struck a motorcycle in the Tayr Harfa area of Yater, in Bint Jbeil district, leaving one person dead and another wounded, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
In a later statement, the Israeli army said it had carried out an operation in Jouaiya that killed Zakaria Yahya al-Hajj, whom it described as a “senior Hezbollah operative.” The military claimed al-Hajj had been involved in activating agents within Lebanese security institutions and suppressing opposition critics of Hezbollah inside Lebanon.
#عاجل 🔸عملية استهداف ثالثة خلال ساعات: جيش الدفاع قضى على عنصر ثالث من حزب الله الارهابي🔸هاجم جيش الدفاع في وقت سابق اليوم في منطقة جويا بجنوب لبنان وقضى على العنصر البارز في حزب الله الإرهابي المدعو زكريا يحي الحاج. 🔸في اطار منصبه قام بتفعيل عملاء داخل اجهزة الامن… pic.twitter.com/3rMtxe5zje
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) December 14, 2025
The Israeli military said earlier today that it had targeted and killed three Hezbollah members in separate locations in southern Lebanon. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X that the strikes eliminated “three Hezbollah terrorists,” without providing further operational details.
The Israeli military also said it had killed 420 fighters since the implementation of the ceasefire with Lebanon on November 27, 2024, claiming that around 40 armed individuals were killed in southern Lebanon since the start of October 2025.
Israel further alleged that Hezbollah has violated the ceasefire more than 1,900 times since it came into effect.
#عاجل 🔸 حزب الله الإرهابي يواصل خرق التفاهمات بين إسرائيل ولبنان: جيش الدفاع قضى على نحو 40 مخربا منذ مطلع شهر أكتوبر في منطقة جنوب لبنان🔸قوات جيش الدفاع قضت على نحو 40 مخربا في قرابة 30 قرية مختلفة في منطقة جنوب لبنان منذ بداية شهر أكتوبر. وينضم هؤلاء إلى اكثر من 380 مخربا… pic.twitter.com/r9y511gT3J
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) December 14, 2025
Despite the US-brokered ceasefire agreement, which ended more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in November 2024, Israeli forces continue to carry out regular strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs (Dahiye). Israel also maintains troops at five positions south of the Litani River, areas from which Lebanon has demanded a full withdrawal.
UNIFIL has recorded more than 10,000 Israeli violations of the ceasefire since its entry into force, while Lebanon’s Health Ministry says the strikes have killed 340 people and injured more than 970 others during that period.
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