Israeli air attack kills 2 in southern Lebanon’s Meiss el-Jabal
At least two people have been killed in the Israeli air attack in the vicinity of Meiss el-Jabal, a town in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese emergency service cited by the National News Agency (NNA).
The report also said one of the two victims was a paramedic.
Israel intercepts ‘hostile explosive’ drone launched from Lebanon
The Israeli army says a “suspicious aerial target” that crossed from Lebanon has been intercepted in the Western Galilee area.
“Rocket and missile sirens were sounded due to the danger of falling shrapnel from the interceptor,” the military said on Telegram. It added that a “hostile explosive UAV [unmaned aerial vehicle]” fell in the area of Malkia but no injuries were reported.
Separately, the army reported that the air force struck a “weapons storage facility and multiple Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites” in Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon overnight.
The areas of Shebaa and Rachaya al-Fakhar in southern Lebanon were also fired upon by the Israeli army.
Hezbollah claims to have hit Israeli military site near Malkia
The Lebanese group says its drone attack on an Israeli military site near the Malkia settlement in northern Israel hit “its targets accurately”.
Earlier, the Israeli army said it had intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” that crossed from Lebanon in the Western Galilee area. The statement said the UAV fell in the area of Malkia, with no injuries reported.
More on Israeli attack in Lebanon’s Meiss el-Jabal
We have reported earlier that at least two people, including a paramedic, have been killed in an Israeli air attack near Meiss el-Jabal, a town in southern Lebanon.
That was according to the Lebanese emergency service as quoted by the National News Agency (NNA). Now, the Israeli army said the attack carried out by a drone targeted members of a cell of Hezbollah operatives.
Hezbollah said the dead included Ali Shuqair, a member of the group, and Muhammad Hammadi, a paramedic who was a member of the Islamic Risala Scout Association.
They were residents of Meiss el-Jabal.
