Israeli drone strike injures 2 in southern Lebanon

By Ikram Kouachi

ANKARA (AA) – An Israeli drone targeted a vehicle in the southern Lebanese town of Aita al-Jabal in the Bint Jbeil district on Friday, wounding two people, according to official sources.

The Health Ministry said in a statement carried by the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) that the Israeli drone strike hit a car, leaving two individuals injured.

Earlier at dawn, Israeli forces also carried out a demolition operation in the town of Meiss al-Jabal in the Marjayoun district, blowing up a house in the Al-Jidar area.

Cross-border tensions between Israel and Lebanon have escalated in recent months amid ongoing hostilities in Gaza.

A ceasefire was reached in November 2024, following a military offensive launched by Israel on Lebanon on Oct. 8, 2023, which escalated into a full-scale war by September 2024, killing more than 4,000 people and injuring around 17,000.

Under the truce, Israel was supposed to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon by January, but it only partially pulled out troops and maintains a military presence at five border outposts.