Israeli air raid hits car in Lebanon
The National News Agency reports an Israeli air raid hit a vehicle in the Lebanese town of Khartoum, Sidon. Israel has cited security concerns for its continued deadly raids on Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreed to in November 2024.
The Lebanese government said earlier this month at least 190 people have been killed and 485 injured in Lebanon by Israeli attacks since the truce took effect.
Israeli drone targets car in southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency reports the Israeli military launched a drone strike on a vehicle in Qabrikha, in the southern Marjayoun district.
Separately, it reported a drone attack between Markaba and Tallousa, where Israeli forces also dropped a sound bomb.
Israel’s bombing is nowhere near the same intensity as it was before the ceasefire began on November 27, and nightly bombing of Beirut’s southern suburbs has stopped.
However, Israel still carries out attacks on occasion, some of which are north of the Litani River, which Hezbollah is required to move its forces north of, as per the truce agreement.
Israeli aircraft near Malta before attack on Freedom Flotilla: Report
An Israeli military aircraft was circling over the south and east of Malta before a Freedom Flotilla vessel was attacked, according to a news report.
The local news outlet Malta Today said flight tracking websites showed the plane circling over Hurd’s Bank just outside the 26km (12-mile) territorial airspace, but the Maltese government has stressed it did not enter.
“The committee clarifies that at no point in time, during the past 48 hours, any aircraft or vessel, currently mentioned in local and foreign media in relation to the case of the vessel Conscience, entered Maltese Sovereign Airspace or the Territorial sea,” Malta Today cited the government as saying late on Friday.
The Conscience was hit twice by what the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said were drones launched by Israel or one of its allies. No direct connection has been officially established between the drone attack and the military aircraft.
