Strike kills Hezbollah official in Lebanon, amid apparent Israeli shift to targeted killings

By MOHAMMED ZAATARI and ABBY SEWELL
Associated Press

SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese state media and health officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon. The reports say the attack Sunday killed a Hezbollah member and wounded several other people, including civilians. The strike appears to be part of a shift in Israeli strategy toward targeted killings in Lebanon after more than three months of near-daily clashes with Hezbollah militants on the border against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The Israeli military did not comment on the strike. Hezbollah announced that one of its members, identified as Fadel Shaar, had been killed in the strike in the town of Kafra.