A local official and state media in Lebanon said an Israeli strike on a southern village on Sunday killed several people from the same family, with Hezbollah announcing rocket fire in retaliation.Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the strike in Mais al-Jabal killed "four people from a single family", updating an earlier reported toll of three dead in the raid it said was carried out by Israeli aircraft.
The strike eliminated Yussef Rafik Ahmed Shabat, a security officer in Hamas' military intelligence wing of the Beit Hanoun Battalion. The IDF said Shabat was responsible for investigations in Hamas' Internal Security Department in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. Israel-Hamas War: Senior Hamas Intelligence Figure Killed in Israeli Airstrike, Terrorists Caught Hiding in Gaza School.
At least 40 missiles were launched on Israel from the territory of Lebanon on the evening of 12 April, IDF states. Hezbollah, a political party and militant group that first emerged in Lebanon after the 1982 Israeli invasion, took the responsibility for it.
Fighting between Hezbollah and Israel took a dangerous turn this week with Israeli strikes deep into Lebanese territory, further stoking fears of all-out war between the arch-foes.Israel has in turn been striking targets in Lebanon, with Hezbollah and Hamas commanders and officials also in its crosshairs.