Beirut/Jerusalem, Jan. 8 -- A Hezbollah member was killed on Thursday afternoon in an Israeli airstrike in the Sidon district in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The airstrike targeted a car located between the municipality of Zaita and the village of Bnaafoul, the NNA reported.
Lebanese security sources told Xinhua the death was a Hezbollah member but did not mention the person's name.
The Israeli military confirmed the airstrike in a statement, saying it targeted a Hezbollah militant, and was a "response to Hezbollah's continued violations of the ceasefire understandings."The attack came shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the Lebanese military's announcement earlie...