As reports emerge that an Israeli soldier has been killed in battle in southern Lebanon (see previous post) the Lebanese health ministry says at least 10 people have died in two separate Israeli strikes on the country.
The ministry said on X that five people were killed and 21 wounded after an Israeli raid in the Nabatieh area in the south.
In a separate post, it said five people were killed and 10 injured in the northeastern Baalbek-Hermel region.
Earlier, the health ministry said at least 63 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon over the past day, bringing the total number killed in a year of conflict to 2,530.
IDF confirms killing of Hezbollah official expected to be group’s next leader
Israel’s military has confirmed the killing of top Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, who had been widely expected to be the militant group’s next leader.
The IDF said he was killed in an airstrike in southern Beirut earlier this month.
Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant said on 8 October that Safieddine had probably been “eliminated”, but his death had not been confirmed until now.
Hezbollah has not commented.
The Lebanese group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli airstrike last month. Speculation over who would replace him began quickly after, with Safieddine widely touted to take over the role.
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