Israel targets alleged Hezbollah member in Southern Lebanon
Shafaq News– Beirut (Updated at 13:52)
An airstrike in Lebanon’s southern town of Al-Zahrani killed a Hezbollah member involved in efforts to rebuild the group’s military infrastructure, the Israeli military reported on Wednesday.
#عاجل 🔸استهدف جيش الدفاع قبل قليل عنصرًا إرهابيًا من حزب الله في منطقة صيدا بجنوب لبنان
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) January 21, 2026
Earlier today, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) confirmed that a "national" was killed when his car was struck on the Al-Zahrani–Msayleh road.
Separately, Lebanon’s Health Ministry confirmed another fatality in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Al-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.
#شهيد بسبب الغارة على #البازوريةصدر عن مركز عمليات طوارئ الصحة العامة التابع لوزارة الصحة العامة بيان أعلن أن غارة العدو الإسرائيلي على سيارة في بلدة البازورية قضاء صور أدت إلى استشهاد مواطن. pic.twitter.com/wQOJAdvp4a
— Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon (@mophleb) January 21, 2026
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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