Jerusalem, Aug 3 (EFE).- The Israeli army confirmed Saturday that it had killed a member of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, Nazih Abed Ali, in the area of Bazuriya, in southern Lebanon.
Abed Ali was “a significant terrorist on the Hezbollah Southern Front” who was involved in “planning and carrying out various terror activities,” the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
The Lebanese group also confirmed Abed Ali’s death, without elaborating on the circumstances.
Israel said his death “represents a significant blow” to the capabilities of Hezbollah’s southern front.
Ali’s killing comes amid heightened tension in the region after the Shiite group vowed revenge for the assassination by Israel of its top military commander, Fuad Shukr, on Wednesday.
The Israel-Lebanon border is experiencing its worst spike of violence since 2006, with an intense exchange of fire since October, which has claimed the lives of more than 580 people.
Most of the deaths have come on the Lebanese side and in the ranks of Hezbollah, which has confirmed 355 deaths, in addition to some 110 civilians.
In Israel, 47 people have been killed in the north: 22 military and 25 civilians, including 12 Druze children in an attack on Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights a week ago.
Hostilities along the divide began on Oct. 8, the day after conflict broke out in the Gaza Strip. EFE
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