Drone targets car in Lebanon’s Tyre: Reports
A drone strike has hit a car in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district, causing casualties, reports Lebanon’s National News Agency.
The attack took place between the southern towns of Wadi Jilou and Bazouriyeh, it said.
Footage of the attack’s aftermath, shared on X by Lebanon’s An-Nahar news site, shows an ambulance and a large crowd gathered near the wreckage as a fire burns on the side of the street.
المشاهد الأولى من استهداف سيارة بين بلدتي #البازورية و #وادي_جيلو pic.twitter.com/zer76slB1p
— Annahar (@Annahar) August 3, 2024
Translation: Initial footage of the targeting of a car between the towns of Wadi Jilou and Bazouriyeh.
One killed in Tyre drone strike: Report
One person has now been confirmed killed in the drone attack on a vehicle in Lebanon’s southern Tyre district, reports local news outlet An-Nahar, describing it as an “Israeli raid”.
Israeli air raid hits Lebanon’s Tayr Harfa: Report
Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that Israeli warplanes and a drone have now struck the southern Lebanese town of Tayr Harfa. It did not immediately report any casualties from the attack, which follows an earlier deadly strike on a vehicle in a nearby village that killed at least one person.
Israeli military claims Lebanon drone attack, says killed key Hezbollah operative
Israel’s military has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted and killed a central Hezbollah operative, named as Ali Abd Ali. In a post on X, Israel’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee shared a video of the claimed attack, which he described as a “significant blow” to Hezbollah’s southern front.
Hezbollah confirms death of fighter after Israeli strike
On its Telegram channel, Hezbollah has confirmed that Ali Nazih Abd Ali had been killed, as usual without naming the location or manner of his death.
Hezbollah attacks Israeli town
The Lebanese group says on its official Telegram channel that its fighters attacked the town of Avivim in northern Israel, in response to the Israeli army’s attacks on southern Lebanese villages, “especially Kfar Kila”.
Israel Hayom, a local outlet in Israel, says that an antitank missile fired from Lebanon hit a house in the town without causing casualties. In its statement, Hezbollah said that the building it targeted is used by Israeli soldiers.
Syria monitor says one killed in Israeli drone raid
A monitor of Syria’s war has said one person was killed in an Israeli attack on a vehicle, after reporting overnight raids on a truck convoy entering Lebanon from neighbouring Syria.
“An Israeli drone targeted a car on the Damascus-Beirut road near the Zabadani area … leading to the death of a person who was inside,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
There were no reports of an Israeli raid on Syrian state media, and the identity of the person killed was not immediately clear.
Since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks in the country, mainly targeting army positions and Iran-backed fighters, including from Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The raids intensified after October 7 and the Israeli war on Gaza.
The Observatory also reported overnight Israeli attacks inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, without mentioning any casualties.
