Israeli drone strikes car in Lebanon
An Israeli drone has targeted a car near the Lebanese town of Baaourta in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
Lebanese social media accounts recently circulated scenes of a car on fire in Baaourta, coinciding with reports of the Israeli bombing. The scenes, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency, showed rising columns of smoke and the burning car.
At least one person was killed in the attack, according to our colleagues.
Israel claims responsibility for killing of Lebanon’s al-Jamaa al-Islamiya leader
The Israeli military has claimed responsibility for a drone attack on a car near the Lebanese town of Baaouerta that killed Hussein Atwi, the leader of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya.
The military claimed that Atwi “was involved in planning and advancing terrorist activity from Lebanon into Israeli territory, in order to attack [Israeli] soldiers on the northern border”.
“Over the years, he carried out rocket attacks, coordinated terrorist infrastructure on the northern front, and advanced attempts to infiltrate into Israeli territory,” the statement added.
It also stated that Atwi, as the leader of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, coordinated with Hamas in Lebanon.
Second Israeli drone attack kills 1 in southern Lebanon: Ministry
At least one person was killed in an Israeli drone attack on a car in Haniyeh town of Tyre district in southern Lebanon, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
It appears to be a different attack from the one that killed a leader of Lebanon’s al-Jamaa al-Islamiya.
Footage from a surveillance camera broadcast by a Lebanese social media account showed the moment an Israeli bombing targeted the vehicle. The video was verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, Sanad.
