Israeli civilian killed in overnight Hezbollah missile attack on Lebanon border

An Israeli civilian contracted by the military was killed in an anti-tank missile in a Hezbollah attack on the Mount Dov area on the border with Lebanon overnight, the IDF says.

The man is identified as Sharif Sawaed, a resident of the Bedouin town of Sallama near Karmiel.

Sawaed had been carrying out “infrastructure activity” for the IDF in the Mount Dov area when the missile attack occurred, the military said.

Hezbollah said it had targeted two IDF vehicles in the area.

Sawaed’s death was declared shortly after he was hit by one of the two anti-tank missiles.

Following the attack, the IDF said it struck Hezbollah sites in Chebaa, including a weapons depot and a rocket launcher, and additional sites in Kfarchouba and Ain al-Tineh.

Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war raging there since Hamas’s October 7 massacre.

So far, the skirmishes on the border have resulted in nine civilian deaths on the Israeli side — including this morning’s fatality — as well as the deaths of 11 IDF soldiers and reservists.