The Israeli military said today it had killed a member of the Hezbollah movement in eastern Lebanon, accusing him of being linked to arms trafficking from Syria, violating a ceasefire between the two sides.
The Israeli Air Force carried out an "attack on the Hermel area," more than 90 kilometers northeast of Beirut, on Thursday, "and eliminated Mohammed Mehdi Ali Shahin, a Hezbollah terrorist who coordinated terrorist transactions to purchase weapons" and "was recently involved in transporting weapons from Syria to Lebanon."
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Thursday evening that one person was killed in the attack, and one was injured in an Israeli attack on a vehicle in Hermel.
The Israeli military claims that Shaheen's "actions posed a threat to the State of Israel and constituted a violation" of the ceasefire between the Israeli army and fighters from the Lebanese Shiite movement.
The ceasefire in Lebanon came into effect on November 27, after more than a year of hostilities, including two months of open war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israel, however, continues to regularly carry out attacks on Lebanese territory and the two sides regularly accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.
The Shiite movement was significantly weakened during the conflict. Israel destroyed much of Hezbollah's arsenal and killed many of its leaders, leaving Hezbollah isolated on the Lebanese political scene, which it had long dominated.
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