Hezbollah member and daughters killed in Tayr Harfa blast

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A Hezbollah official and his two daughters were killed Friday after an explosion targeting a house belonging to the said official struck a southern border town, according to media reports from Tayr Harfa.

The man, Abbas Haidar, was a known member of Hezbollah, according to LBCI. His daughters, who were also in the car at the time, were also killed while other family members were injured.

Meanwhile, the Israeli air forces struck positions in the Tebna area in the southern town of Bissariyeh, near Sidon. Tuesday’s attacks came after a series of airstrikes on positions in the eastern border region and Iqlim al-Tuffah before dawn, in further breaches of a ceasefire deal.

The U.S. deputy special envoy for the Middle East, on a visit to Lebanon on Friday, reiterated that Washington was committed to seeing Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon by the firm deadline of February 18. He further declared that the participation of Hezbollah in the future government of Lebanon was a red line as far as the U.S. was concerned.

However, the Lebanese leadership, including President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam, have yet to agree on the formation of a new government. An uneasy truce has held between Israel and Hezbollah since November 27, after more than a year of clashes, including two months of intense warfare. Despite this, Israeli forces have continued to conduct strikes in Lebanese territory.

The ceasefire agreement called for Lebanese military forces to deploy south of the Litani River, along with United Nations peacekeepers, while Israel was to withdraw its forces over a 60-day period. Hezbollah was also to pull its forces north of the Litani River and dismantle what remained of its military structure in the south.

The initial deadline was to withdraw Israeli troops by January 26, but due to delays in the process, this was extended until February 18.