BEIRUT: Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed two people and wounded seven others on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel said it killed two members of Hezbollah.

Israel in recent days threatened to expand its attacks against the group. In a preliminary toll, the ministry said that an “Israeli enemy strike” on the town of Doueir in Nabatiyeh district killed one person and wounded seven others.

The second strike on Aita al-Shaab in the Bint Jbeil district also killed one person, according to the ministry.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that an Israeli drone targeted a car in Doueir, causing it to catch fire. The Israeli military said it killed Mohammed Ali Hadid, alleging he was “a commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force in the Nabatieh area” who tried to “reestablish Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites”.

In Aita al-Shaab, the army said it killed a Hezbollah member who “was observed attempting to gather intelligence on (Israeli) troops”. A photographer in Doueir saw firefighters extinguishing flames in the targeted vehicle and around five other damaged cars.

He also saw workers removing shattered glass from shops damaged by the blast.

The NNA said that the strike caused damage to a local shopping centre.

Published in Dawn, November 4th, 2025