A member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party was killed and several others injured in an Israeli air strike in municipality of Chihine in southern Lebanon yesterday. In a statement, Lebanese military said Israeli warplane fired two air-to-surface missiles at a house in Chihine which led to several casualties.

Meanwhile, a barrage of 40 artillery shells hit 12 towns and villages in the eastern and central sectors, igniting massive fires in lush forests. Civil defence rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire. On Monday, Hezbollah announced an attack on the Al-Malikiyah Israeli site, which led to fires. It also attacked the radar site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms.