Hezbollah official killed in Israeli airstrike on S. Lebanon

A Hezbollah official was killed Sunday evening in an Israeli airstrike targeting a car in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese officials and security sources.



The Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that a drone attacked a car in the town of Al-Mansouri in the western sector of southern Lebanon, and flames were rising from the targeted location.



The Lebanese Health Ministry's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said in a statement that the strike led to the killing of a citizen.



The National News Agency said that the person killed in the strike was the principal of the town's public school. A source in the Lebanese Army Intelligence told Xinhua that "the victim, in addition to being the principal of Al-Mansouri School, was also a Hezbollah official," without providing further details.



A ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel has been in effect since Nov. 27, 2024, largely ending their clashes that erupted after the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip.