An Israeli woman was killed and two others suffered light wounds in a Hezbollah rocket attack on the Upper Galilee on Tuesday evening, according to Israeli medical officials.
The Magen David Adom emergency response group said medics responded to reports of a woman who was found “with no signs of life and severe multi-system trauma” near the Mahanayim Junction in the Rosh Pina area, adding that her death was pronounced at the scene.
“MDA teams treated two individuals at the scene who were lightly injured by glass shards and did not require evacuation to a hospital,” it said.
Moshav Margaliot later named the slain victim as Nuriel Dubin, 27, a resident of the agricultural community. Dubin worked as a youth counselor and a preschool assistant and also served as a combat reservist in the Israel Defense Forces, the moshav stated.
Iranian-backed Hezbollah began firing rockets and suicide drones at Israel from Lebanon on March 2, in retaliation for the Jewish state’s targeted killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Khamenei was killed in the opening strikes of “Operation Roaring Lion/Epic Fury” against the regime on Feb. 28.
In response to the terrorist organization’s violation of the U.S.-brokered Nov. 27, 2024, truce agreement, Jerusalem launched an aerial campaign against Hezbollah and ordered IDF troops to advance and take control of additional areas in Southern Lebanon to halt cross-border attacks.
Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv told JNS on Wednesday that Hezbollah is the long arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose mission it is to weaken and harm the Zionist ethos.
“Their goal is to establish a state from the river to the sea, from the north to the Gulf of Aqaba, as [senior Hamas leader] Khaled Mashaal said,” Gotliv told JNS.
“Within the framework of the ceasefire, after greatly weakening Hezbollah, Israel opened fire on every ceasefire transgression. Still, Hezbollah poses a tangible threat to the citizens of the north and the State of Israel will show no mercy to prevent risks to northern towns and villages,” she said.
“There is no other way but to increase control and the border up to the Litani,” Gotliv added, referencing the river that lies some 20 miles north of the Blue Line, which currently demarcates the unofficial border between Israel and Lebanon.
