Israel said rocket fire from Lebanon killed one person on Sunday – the first such fatality since the war erupted – as Hezbollah said it had attacked soldiers in northern Israel.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the army had been ordered to destroy more bridges over Lebanon’s Litani River that are allegedly being used by Hezbollah in the country’s south, and to step up the demolition of houses.
Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Israeli-US attacks.
Israel has sent troops into Lebanon and carried out extensive air strikes in the country, while Hezbollah continues to fire rocket barrages across the border.
Israel’s ZAKA 360 emergency response unit said a person had been pronounced dead after a strike on their vehicle “carried out by a rocket fired from Lebanon”. This was the first fatality caused by fire from Lebanon since the war began.
Local firefighters said flames had engulfed two vehicles after a “direct hit” in the northern Israeli kibbutz community of Misgav Am.