Three persons are dead after an Israeli airstrike on a border town in south Lebanon.
The bombing late on Tuesday targeted a house in the town of Bint Jbeil, killing a Hezbollah fighter and two relatives, according to the Iranian-linked Lebanese armed group.
The strikes followed a series of attacks by Hezbollah on Israeli posts close to the border. The border area between Lebanon and Israel has seen escalating exchanges of fire since the Israeli-Gaza war began on October 7.
Shourouk Hammoud, his sister-in-law, and brother Ibrahim, Ali Bazzi, and the National News Agency (NNA) of Lebanon, identified the deceased on Wednesday.
The three were killed and another family member was injured when “enemy warplanes raided, before midnight (22:00 GMT), a house… in the center of the town of Bint Jbeil,” according to NNA. The raid occurred approximately 2 km (1.2 miles) from the border.
A relative told the AFP news agency that Ibrahim Bazzi was an Australian citizen who had flown in for a visit about a week ago. Hezbollah announced that Ali Bazzi was one of its fighters.
