​A Hezbollah rocket struck a vehicle in the northern Israeli kibbutz of Misgav Am on Sunday morning, killing a resident in what marked the first death from cross-border fire originating in Lebanon since Hezbollah resumed hostilities on March 2, a killing that Israeli defense officials immediately cited as justification for a broadening set of military directives that now include the systematic destruction of bridges over the Litani River and the demolition of Lebanese homes in border communities.
The victim was identified by the Misgav Am community as Ofer Moskovitz, the kibbutz’s head of agriculture.
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