Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm fuels fear of renewed war in Lebanon as Israeli attacks intensify
BEIRUT: Two engineers were killed on Thursday when an Israeli drone strike hit their car on the Khardali road, a key route linking the Nabatieh and Marjayoun districts across the Litani River in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said the latest escalation of cross-border attacks killed two people and wounded another. Hezbollah-affiliated outlets identified the dead as engineers Ahmed Saad and Mustafa Rizk, who were working with the group’s Jihad Al-Bina foundation.
The Lebanese Order of Engineers said in a statement that the two killed “were carrying out their professional and national duty” as they were heading to the Khiam area to assess the damage left by last year’s war with Israel.
The Israeli escalation comes as anxiety grows in Lebanon over the prospect of renewed war, with Hezbollah’s hardline refusal, backed by Iranian officials, to hand over its weapons to the state.
