The Israeli army said on Saturday that it is maintaining its attacks on the Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon and Palestinian extremist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In southern Lebanon, Nasser Abed al-Aziz, Hezbollah’s deputy commander in the Bint Jbeil area near the shared border, was killed in the latest operations, the military said in a statement. Ground troops supported by the air force also killed numerous fighters and unearthed weapons depots of the Iran-backed militia, it added. The information could not immediately be independently verified. In Gaza, where Israeli forces on Wednes…