BEIRUT (AFP) – A Lebanese security source said one person was killed yesterday by an Israeli strike on a road where a Hezbollah van carrying munitions was hit the previous day.
The drone strike hit the Araya-Kahhale road which links the capital Beirut to Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
It targeted a vehicle, killing the driver, the source said, without identifying the victim. The official National News Agency (NNA) said a “hostile drone” targeted the car on the key road that passes through the town of Araya.
On Wednesday, an Israeli strike hit a Hezbollah van carrying munitions on the same highway, according to the security source, who said the attack killed the driver.
The same day, municipal authorities in Araya and Kahhale called on the Lebanese army to “intervene immediately” to stop the road being used to transport weapons or fighters.
The seemingly targeted strikes have grown in frequency since the Israel-Hezbollah war erupted on September 23. Also yesterday, an Israeli drone strike hit a motorbike near the coastal town of Naqura, NNA said. Another motorbike was hit in the eastern Bekaa Valley, it added.
