One Lebanese civilian martyred by Israeli airstrike in South Lebanon

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
10 Jan 2024 23:56

The civilian reportedly had no affiliation to any political party.

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes on the outskirts of Khiam, a town near the Lebanese-Israeli border, seen from the town of Marjayoun, south Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 (AP)

The Lebanese National News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing a local official, that a civilian lost his life in southern Lebanon as a result of an Israeli airstrike.

One resident "was killed during an Israeli artillery strike while he was in his garden" and he was "a civilian with no party affiliation", Kfarkila mayor Hasan Sheyyet said.

The National News Agency identified the martyr as Hasan Ali Tawil, stating that he lost his life when "an Israeli artillery shell fell near his house in Kfarkila".

More than 20 civilians, including 3 journalists, have been martyred in South Lebanon since the Israeli occupation forces started attacking the region on October 8th.

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has recently upscaled in its offensive on the Lebanese territories due to apparent setbacks in achieving their target objectives of thwarting the resistance along the Lebanese-Palestinian border.

On January 2, Hamas Deputy Chief Saleh al-Arouri was martyred as a result of an attack that targeted the Southern Suburb of Beirut.

IRGC Brigadier General Esmail Qaani said that his murder was intended to mitigate "Israel's" heavy defeat in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

This also happens to coincide with a rise in terrorist operations across the Arab region due to setbacks suffered by both the US and "Israel" in thwarting resistance groups in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.

Last week, following a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of nearly a hundred people in the city of Kerman in Iran, Iranian Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi said that the killing of innocent civilians was a response to the slap the terrorists had received from the Axis of Resistance.

On Tuesday, an explosion in a bus within Syria's Homs province resulted in the death of nine soldiers and left over 20 others injured.

Meanwhile, the Iraqi and Syrian armies continue their operations of targeting ISIS hideouts, the latest being the targeting of three hideouts in the Diyala operations sector by Iraqi forces.