The Israeli army attacked a media team in southern Lebanon, resulting in one martyr and one wounded.

 The Lebanese army claimed early on Friday morning that Israel had targeted a media crew covering the continuing fighting between Hezbollah and the occupying force in the country's south, which had left one of them dead and another wounded.

In a statement, the Lebanese Army stated that "enemy members targeted them with machine guns, which led to the death of one of them and the injury of another while a media team of seven people was covering the media near the Israeli enemy's Al-Abbad site outside the town of Hula."

According to a statement released earlier on Thursday night by UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force stationed in southern Lebanon, a civilian was killed during a firefight that occurred across the Blue Border Line, trapping them.

The UN force further stated in its statement that following what it called a significant exchange of fire, the Lebanese army asked the UNIFIL force for assistance for seven people who were stranded close to the border.

It was confirmed by a UN force spokeswoman that every person trapped was a civilian.

The Lebanese citizen was killed by Israeli fire, according to Shakib Qatish, the mayor of Houla, the area where the group of journalists was trapped. He verified this to Agence France-Presse.

The National News Agency reported that Israeli forces “surrounded with fire” a group of civilians, including journalists, in the vicinity of the town of Hula, and opened fire around the place to prevent them from leaving.

The Lebanese army was able to successfully remove the people from the location, she went on to say.

Iranian journalists were among the group, according to local Lebanese media, and later, Iranian official television declared them to be "alive and in good health" without giving any further information.

The martyrdom of Reuters journalist Issam Abdullah in an Israeli bombing last Friday in southern Lebanon left other media professionals injured as well, including Al Jazeera photographer Elie Brakhia, Al Jazeera correspondent Carmen Joukhadar, and two Agence France-Presse photographers. The Lebanese authorities held Israel accountable for the incident on Saturday.

In the meantime, the Israeli army declared late on Thursday night that it had launched airstrikes and artillery attacks against Hezbollah locations in Lebanon.

The Israeli army said that it attacked Hezbollah observation sites in retaliation for a blast that Hezbollah carried out on Wednesday. Three individuals attempting to launch missiles at Israel were also attacked by a fighter jet. It is unknown, though, if this resulted in any injuries.

In a fresh round of hostilities that paralleled the occupation's 13-day war in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Lebanese Hezbollah traded artillery and missile bombardment yesterday, Thursday.

Israel continues to strengthen its forces on its northern border with Lebanon. In recent hours, more heavy military equipment was brought to the border, including tanks and armored vehicles.

The army's home front issued emergency directives, which the people living in the southern areas near Gaza and the areas bordering Lebanon were urged to follow to the letter.

Alongside intense Israeli raids and arrests in West Bank cities and towns, Israel has been conducting intense raids on Gaza since October 7. These raids have resulted in thousands of civilian deaths and injuries as well as the cutting off of Gaza's supplies of food, medicine, electricity, and water. As a result, local and international authorities have issued warnings of a double humanitarian catastrophe. in the West.

Source: Al Jazeera + Agencies