Hezbollah member killed, 3 civilians injured in Israeli airstrike in S. Lebanon

9/6/2025 6:08

A Hezbollah member was killed and three Lebanese civilians were injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a motorcycle on the Chehabiyeh-Kfar Dounin road in southern Lebanon, security and civil defense sources said.

A Lebanese security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Xinhua that the victim was identified as Ali Shafiq Qanso, a Hezbollah member from the town of Chehabiyeh. He added that three civilians happened to be passing by at the time of the airstrike.

A source from Lebanon's Civil Defense told Xinhua that rescue teams had transported the victim's body and three injured individuals to a hospital in the southern city of Tyre, adding that one of the wounded is in critical condition.

According to Lebanon's official National News Agency, an Israeli drone hit a motorcycle with two missiles on the Chehabiyeh-Kfar Dounin road, resulting in one fatality and several injuries.