News reports in Lebanon reported, today, Saturday, that an Israeli drone targeted a car in the town of Shaath in Baalbek District, eastern Lebanon, killing one person. It explained that the Israeli attack was carried out with a missile fired by a drone at a car at the intersection of the town of Shaath in the Baalbek region. It was revealed that the target of the Israeli strike was a member of the Lebanese Hezbollah called Maytham Al-Attar. Israeli Channel 12 reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out an assassination operation targeting a 'senior engineer' in Hezbollah's air defense system in Lebanon. Tensions between Hezbollah and Israel have escalated in recent months, with growing fears of the outbreak of a wide-scale war that could ignite a regional conflict. Since the Gaza war began on October 7, Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged bombardments across Lebanon's southern borders on an almost daily basis. Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, says its attacks aim to support Palestinians who are being su bjected to Israeli bombing in Gaza. Source: National Iraqi News Agency