Mother And Son Killed In Hezbollah Attack On Northern Community

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two Israeli civilians, a mother and son, were killed during an anti-tank missile attack on Moshav Yuval in the Upper Galilee Sunday afternoon.

45-year-old Barak Ayalon a member of the local security response team, was the first victim of the attack announced.

“With great pain, we announce the death of our friend Barak Ayalon OBM— a member of the security response team who fell protecting the village. We, the members of the security response team and the management of the village and the regional council bow our heads. The funeral date will be announced in a separate announcement,” the village announced.

Minutes later, his mother Merav, who was seriously wounded in the attack, succumbed to her wounds in the hospital.

Magen David Adom reported that a man in his forties had been found without signs of life. He was suffering from multi-systemic injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. In addition, a woman in her 70s was seriously wounded.

This morning, it was reported that IDF soldiers who patrolled the Har Dov area overnight Saturday identified a terrorist cell that had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory under the cover of heavy fog and fired at the forces.

According to the statement, the soldiers engaged and responded with live fire, eliminating four terrorists.

During the exchanges of fire, IDF forces conducted artillery and mortar fire toward the area.

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah issued a statement Sunday, mocking Israel and claiming that it had not achieved its goals in Gaza.

“Israel was not able to destroy the resistance, not even the Hamas government,” Nasrallah said. “All the areas that were evacuated in the north of the Gaza Strip are currently managed by the Hamas government. The enemy was not able to stop the rockets, even from the north of Gaza. The Israelis say that after 100 days, Israel is mired in failure, and some use the phrase ‘a deep hole’ from which its leaders do not know how to get out. What did it achieve in 100 days other than killing?

“It failed to achieve even a semblance of victory,” Nasrallah concluded.