Hezbollah member injured in Israeli strike on Lebanon

An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday targeted a Hezbollah member traveling by car near the town of Jiyeh, located about 30 kilometers south of Beirut.

The strike came a day after five people were killed in a series of Israeli raids on eastern Lebanon.

A security source told Agence France-Presse that “the target of the Israeli strike in Jiyeh was a Hezbollah member, who was injured but not killed.”

Lebanon’s National News Agency had earlier reported that “an enemy drone targeted a car near the mosque in the Zaarout area, between Jiyeh and Barja in the Iqlim al-Kharroub region.”

An AFP photographer at the scene witnessed a destroyed and burnt vehicle that had crashed into a mosque wall, while Lebanese army troops inspected the site.

In November 2024, Lebanon and Israel reached a U.S.-brokered agreement that ended a devastating conflict between the Jewish state and Hezbollah, which had lasted for over a year.

The agreement stipulated Hezbollah’s withdrawal from the area south of the Litani River (about 30 kilometers from the Israeli border), the dismantling of its military infrastructure there, and the restriction of arms possession in Lebanon to official state institutions.

It also called for an end to hostilities and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from positions gained during the last war. However, Israel maintained its presence on five hills in southern Lebanon and has continued carrying out near-daily airstrikes on various areas, claiming to target Hezbollah arms depots and fighters.

Israel has vowed not to allow Hezbollah to rebuild its capabilities after the heavy blows it suffered during the war, and to continue striking unless Lebanese authorities disarm the group.

On Monday, five people were killed in Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon, according to the Health Ministry.

The Israeli army said it struck Hezbollah positions, including “training camps for the Radwan force.” It added that “Hezbollah used these camps to train and prepare terrorists in order to plan and execute attacks against Israel,” describing this as “a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and a direct threat to the State of Israel.”

In August, the Lebanese government requested the army to draft a plan for disarming Hezbollah and to implement it by the end of the year. Monday’s strikes came shortly after the government, during a Friday session, endorsed the army’s proposed disarmament plan.

The details and timeline of the army’s plan, however, were kept confidential.

The Lebanese government’s decision came amid U.S. pressure and concerns that Israel might carry out its threat of a new military campaign, only months after the end of the war between Israel and Hezbollah.