An Israeli airstrike killed one person in southern Lebanon on Friday, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, marking another attack despite a ceasefire agreement reached in November.
The victim, Mohammad Shahadeh, was a journalist who ran a local news website in the Nabatiyeh district. Tributes and condolences flooded social media, including a statement from Hezbollah, which referred to him as a “martyr on the road to Jerusalem”—a phrase often used for fighters killed in clashes with Israel.
The strike came just a day after Israeli forces killed seven people in the Bekaa Valley, including two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The group identified the deceased as Mohammad Khalil Wishah, a senior commander and Central Committee member, and Mufid Hassan Hussein, a field commander.
The Israeli military confirmed the strike, alleging that Wishah had been part of the PFLP’s military-security operations in Syria and was involved in plotting attacks on Israeli targets.
Despite last year’s truce, Israel has continued to carry out strikes in Lebanon and has warned that military actions will persist until Hezbollah is disarmed. In response, the Lebanese government this week set a year-end deadline to disarm the group, tasking the army with presenting a disarmament plan by August 31.
