Beirut:

An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday, the Iran-backed militant group mentioned.

It named the commander as Sami Abdallah, alias Abu Taleb, born in 1969, in an announcement reporting his dying “with nice satisfaction and nice honour”.

A Lebanese navy supply mentioned the commander was “an important in Hezbollah to be killed thus far for the reason that begin of the battle” between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, which has fuelled violence on the Lebanese border.

The supply mentioned the strike hit the city of Jouaiyya, 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the Israeli border, and in addition killed three different folks.

Exchanges of fireside throughout the border between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have intensified over current days.

Clashes across the border have killed no less than 458 folks in Lebanon, in response to an AFP rely.

Israeli authorities say no less than 15 Israeli troopers have been killed in that combating.

Tens of 1000’s of individuals have been displaced.

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