Foreign national killed, 7 hurt in anti-tank missile attack from Lebanon

Foreign national killed, 7 hurt in anti-tank missile attack from Lebanon

Emanuel Fabian

A foreign laborer was killed and seven were wounded Monday when an anti-tank guided missile fired by terrorists in Lebanon struck an orchard near the border community of Margaliot, medics and the military said.

The attack was believed to have been carried out by the Hezbollah terror group, which has been launching rockets, missiles, and drones at northern Israel daily amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said a man in his 30s was killed and two were listed in serious condition. Another four men were moderately hurt, and one more victim was listed in good condition, MDA said.

The victims were all foreign laborers, reportedly from Thailand.

The wounded men were taken to Beilinson, Rambam, and Ziv hospitals, by MDA and Israeli Air Force helicopters.

Shortly after the incident, suspected drone infiltration sirens sounded in the Galilee Panhandle, but the Israel Defense Forces said they were false alarms.

In response to the anti-tank missile attack, the IDF said it shelled the launch site with artillery.

The IDF also said it had earlier struck a Hezbollah compound where members of the terror group were gathered in the southern Lebanon town of Chihine, and another site belonging to Hezbollah in Ayta ash-Shab.

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 there.

Early Tuesday, Hezbollah claimed to have confronted two separate groups of IDF troops on the border in the area near the Israeli community of Zar’it and several kilometers to the east near Lebanon’s Qatmoun.