Hezbollah ambushes Israeli convoy, killing one civilian

Destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Hanine village, Lebanon. Pic/AP

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group fired anti-tank missiles and artillery shells at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed area along the border, killing an Israeli civilian, the group and Israel's military, said on Friday.

Hezbollah said that its fighters ambushed the convoy shortly before midnight Thursday, destroying two vehicles. Israel said the ambush wounded an Israeli civilian doing infrastructure work, and that he later died of his wounds.

Low-intensity fighting along the Israel-Lebanon border has repeatedly threatened to boil over as Israel has targeted senior Hezbollah militants.

Displaced Palestinian children wait for water supply in Rafah. Pic/AFP

Thousands of people have been displaced on both sides of the border. On the Israeli side, the cross-border fighting has killed 10 civilians and 12 soldiers. In Lebanon, more than 350 people have been killed, including 50 civilians and 271 Hezbollah members.

On Thursday, Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five people.

More than half of the territory's population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah, where Israel has conducted near-daily raids as it prepares for an offensive in the city. The Israeli military has massed dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles in the area in what appears to be preparations for an invasion of Rafah.

In central Gaza, four people were killed in Israeli tank shelling.

350
Approx. no. of people killed so far in Lebanon

Baby saved from dead mother's womb dies

Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday. Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated the baby, using a hand pump to push air into her lungs. However, she died on Thursday and has been buried next to her mother after whom she was named. Sabreen was among 16 children killed in Rafah last weekend in bombardment targeting the housing complex where they lived. Israel said it was targeting Hamas fighters and infrastructure. Sabreen's mother was seven-and-a-half months pregnant.

US sanctions those trading with Iran

The US has imposed sanctions on over a dozen entities, eight individuals and vessels that have facilitated illicit trade and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) transfer on behalf of the Iranian military. "16 entities and eight individuals, five vessels and one aircraft," have been sanctioned," the US State Department said.

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