BEIRUT
\nHezbollah said it detonated explosives Sunday afternoon in an attack against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.The group said in a statement Monday that bombs planted by Hezbollah fighters exploded and destroyed four tanks in a convoy of eight tanks that was passing the village of Deir Siryan.
\nIt was the first claim of an attack by Hezbollah since a 10-day ceasefire went into effect at midnight Thursday. The Israeli military did not immediately comment. The Israeli army earlier said it carried out a series of strikes that killed more than 150 Hezbollah fighters.
\nAmong those killed was Ali Rida Abbas, which it said was Hezbollah\u2019s commander in Bint Jbeil. The southern Lebanese town and its surroundings were the site of intense clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants in the days leading up to the ceasefire.
\nIsrael gave no evidence to support its claims, and Hezbollah didn\u2019t immediately confirm the death of its commander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIRUT Hezbollah said it detonated explosives Sunday afternoon in an attack against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.The group said in a statement Monday that bombs planted by Hezbollah fighters exploded and destroyed four tanks in a convoy of eight tanks that was passing the village of Deir Siryan. It was the first claim of an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-542964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n