Hezbollah claims deadly strike on northern Israel

Hezbollah said it was behind a strike on Sunday that killed a man in the northern Israeli town of Misgav in what the Israeli military said “seemed to be” a rocket attack. Israeli medics said they found the man dead in his car and released a video showing two vehicles ablaze.

Hezbollah, an ally of Iran, launched strikes on Israel soon after the US-Israeli attack on Iran started on February 28, saying it was in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel struck back, bombarding Lebanon and targeting Hezbollah in deadly airstrikes, expanding its presence in southern Lebanon and amassing more troops near the border.

Lebanese authorities say Israel’s strikes have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced more than 1 million. Israel’s military said it was not able to intercept missiles that hit Dimona and Arad on Saturday, the largest cities near the Negev Desert nuclear centre.