A picture that shows several airstrikes that were launched by the Israeli army by the south Lebanon border village of Khyam, on February 7, 2023. (Credit: a resident of the neighboring village)
BEIRUT — One person has been killed and two others injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese border village of Khiam, Marjayoun district, Wednesday afternoon. The incident was confirmed to L'Orient Today by a medical source and the mayor of the village.
The head of the municipality, Adnan Alyan, said that the person killed, Mohamad Awada, went back with two of his friends to get something from his building, which had been struck once already that afternoon. "Civilians should be careful not to go back to houses that were struck before," he added.
The Israeli army struck several other houses in Khiam following the afternoon's fatal strike, residents of the village told L'Orient Today. However, it was not immediately clear if there were injuries.
Twenty-four civilians have killed in Lebanon since the beginning of what is now a four-month-long conflict that has also caused huge destruction in southern Lebanon's villages.
In total, 223 people have been killed by Israelis since the beginning of the war, most of which are Hezbollah fighters, according to our count.
Hezbollah and Israel began exchanging fire on Oct. 8, a day after Hamas' al-Aqsa Flood operation in southern Israel.
Earlier on Wednesday, Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members: Mohammad Assili, from the village of Ansar, Nabatieh district, and Hussein Shams from Laboueh, Bekaa.
Hezbollah announced at 1:45 p.m. that it hit the Israeli site of Zebdine in the disputed Shebaa Farms and a group of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the same site, using guided missiles.
The party also said that it hit technical equipment at the Ramyah Israeli site at 2:15 p.m.