A commander linked with the Palestinian faction Fatah was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.

Khalil al-Makdah was killed in a drone attack in the port city of Sidon, 40 kilometers south of Beirut, according to the Lebanese army.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which is the military wing of Fatah, also said that Mr al-Makdah was killed and praised for his work supporting the Palestinian people, especially after the Gaza attacks.

Mounir al-Makdah, a senior Fatah official in Ain El-Hilweh camp, in Sidon, said his brother had served as “a brigadier general in the Fatah movement and works in the military wing of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is a loose network without a clear hierarchy, and local groups often act on their own.

“Assassinations make us stronger, and this testimony is a badge of honour and the resistance remains solid on the ground,” Mounir al-Makdah said.

Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, there have been daily military confrontations between the Israeli army and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and other groups in the border area between the countries.

There have been deaths on both sides – most of them were members of Hezbollah.

(dpa/NAN)