The Israeli military announced today that it carried out airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in several areas of southern Lebanon.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that one of the strikes in the town of Doueir destroyed a house, but there were no reports of casualties.
The Israeli military also stated that on Thursday, it conducted airstrikes in the Rafah area in the south of the Gaza Strip, where it has been engaged in combat with Hamas militants for months. Israeli fighter jets also destroyed a militant target in northern Gaza, according to the military.
Humanitarian organization World Central Kitchen reported on Thursday that a Palestinian employee was killed in central Gaza. The organization said it was seeking details about the death of Nadi Sallout and believed he was not on duty when the incident occurred.
The Israeli military said it was unaware of any incident involving damage to any organization’s employees in recent days.
Israeli airstrikes in April hit three World Central Kitchen vehicles, killing seven people. Israel stated that the strike was not intended to target aid workers.
The latest airstrikes come amid concerns of an escalation of the conflict in the region following Israel’s killing of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and the attack in Tehran that killed the political leader of Hamas.
Hezbollah has vowed retaliation, while Israel has pledged to eliminate the new Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Israel has committed to destroying Hamas in retaliation for the October 7 terrorist attack in which 1,200 people were killed and 250 were taken hostage.
Israel’s counteroffensive has resulted in nearly 40,000 deaths in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, while Israel claims the toll includes thousands of Hamas fighters who have been killed.
