IDF strike kills two members of Hezbollah in Lebanon

Mourners carry a coffin during the funeral of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan forces who according to Lebanese security sources was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, in Khirbet Silem, Lebanon, January 9, 2024.

IDF attacked a series of Hezbollah targets Thursday morning in Lebanon with the assistance of the Israeli Air Force and additional artillery fire. Military buildings, military positions, and terrorist infrastructure were all hit, according to the IDF.

The strikes killed multiple people and destroyed an ambulance, according to the Hezbollah-affiliated rescue force.

Hezbollah is an Iranian-backed terror group.

The civil defense operations room at the Islamic Health Authority said that “direct Israeli bombardment on an emergency center in the town of Hanin” killed two male unit members.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

It was the first time in more than three months of cross-border shelling that an Israeli strike hit an emergency center.

Mourners carry a coffin during the funeral of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan forces who according to Lebanese security sources was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, in Khirbet Silem, Lebanon, January 9, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Aziz Taher REFILE)

Mourners carry a coffin during the funeral of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan forces who according to Lebanese security sources was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, in Khirbet Silem, Lebanon, January 9, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Aziz Taher REFILE)

Previous IDF attacks

In other cases, rescuers and medics have been wounded in Israeli bombardment as they tried to reach the site of a previous strike or extract casualties.

The deaths bring to 25 the number of civilians that have been killed in Israeli shelling on southern Lebanon, including children and journalists.

At least 140 Hezbollah terrorists have also been killed there, and nine troops on the Israeli side of the border.

Hezbollah also launched rockets across the border at Israel on Thursday, as US special envoy Amos Hochstein met with Lebanese officials in Beirut in an attempt to cool tensions on the disputed frontier between Lebanon and Israel.

Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.