An Israeli strike hit a vehicle in Syrian territory on the Damascus-Beirut highway on Tuesday, killing one of former bodyguards of Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.

The Lebanese resistance movement issued a statement mourning Yasser Nimr Qarnabsh confirming the assassination.

Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire along Lebanon’s southern border on an almost daily basis since October 8. That's a day after Israel launched its war of genocide on the Gaza Strip.

The exchange of fire has intensified since Israel assassinated senior Hezbollah commander Sami Taleb Abdullah.

The movement has retaliated by firing hundreds of rockets into Israel.

The Israeli army said last month it had approved plans for an attack on Lebanon, raising concerns that the regime might try to realize its recurrent threats of turning Lebanon into another Gaza.

The Hezbollah leader has already warned that “no place” in the Israeli-occupied territories would be spared from the group’s weapons in the event of a full-blown war.