Hezbollah says fighting Israeli forces in east LebanonLebanon was drawn into the Middle East war when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei during US-Israeli attacks. afpBEIRUT- Hezbollah said on Monday it was engaging Israeli forces that landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel. Two Hezbollah officials in the Bekaa region, where Nabi Sheet is located, told AFP that an Israeli helicopter was downed. In the south, Hezbollah said on Monday that it targeted Israeli soldiers entering the Lebanese border towns of Odaisseh and Aitaroun with artillery shells. Lebanon's health minister Rakan Nassereddine said on Sunday that Israeli strikes on Lebanon had killed 394 people over the past week, including 83 children and 42 women.

Source: Bangkok Post March 09, 2026 03:09 UTC