ALBAWABA- An Israeli airstrike on the Al-Asira neighborhood in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, killed at least three people on Tuesday, allegedly including senior Hezbollah figures Hussein Sharif and Kamal Raad, according to reports of Al-Hadath.
Ambulances rushed to the scene after the strike, which targeted a motorcycle carrying the men. Sharif was identified as a member of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.
The raid comes nearly 10 months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on November 27, 2024, following 14 months of cross-border conflict.
The truce, however, has been repeatedly undermined by Israeli operations. Lebanese officials and international monitors, including UNIFIL, have documented hundreds of violations ranging from airstrikes and shelling to targeted assassinations.
Between November 2024 and April 2025, Israeli forces launched at least 313 strikes in Lebanon, according to the Alma Research and Education Center.
The pace has continued into September, with near-daily drone overflights and attacks reported, despite provisions requiring mutual de-escalation and Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
The human toll has been severe. Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health reported 83 deaths in the first two months of the ceasefire, a number that has since risen to over 100, including at least 71 civilians, among them women and children. Rights groups accuse Israel of systematically breaching the truce and worsening Lebanon’s humanitarian crisis.
