This photo shows a car destroyed during an Israeli drone strike in Sidon, Lebanon, April 18, 2025. A Hezbollah member was killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike in the city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese health authorities and a security source. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, April 18 (Xinhua) -- A Hezbollah member was killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike in the city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese health authorities and a security source.
The Public Health Emergency Operations Center under Lebanon's Health Ministry confirmed in a statement that "an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle on the Sidon-Ghazieh road, resulting in one fatality."
A Lebanese security source told Xinhua that the victim was identified as Mohammad Jaafar Mannah Asaad Abdallah, a Hezbollah operative from the southern border town of Khiam.
Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced in a statement that the Israeli Air Forces conducted a precise strike in Sidon and killed Hezbollah militant Abdallah.
Abdallah was involved in "terrorist activities" against Israel and was responsible for the deployment of Hezbollah's communication systems throughout Lebanon, specifically in the area south of the Litani River, according to the IDF statement.
The incident follows a similar attack on Thursday, which, according to the Israeli military, killed Ali Ibar al-Nabi Khadi, deputy head of Hezbollah's military outpost in the Mhaibib area, southern Lebanon.
Despite a French- and U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement effective since Nov. 27, 2024, Israeli forces have carried out intermittent strikes inside Lebanon, claiming the operations target Hezbollah "threats." Some of the strikes have resulted in casualties, according to official Lebanese reports. ■
This photo shows a car destroyed during an Israeli drone strike in Sidon, Lebanon, April 18, 2025.
A Hezbollah member was killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike in the city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese health authorities and a security source. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
