Israel expresses regret over drone ‘malfunction’ that killed Lebanese soldiers
The Israeli military has expressed its regret over the “injury” of two Lebanese soldiers killed as a result of what it said was a technical malfunction during a drone strike targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, according to an Israeli army spokesperson.
The Lebanese army said on Thursday that two military personnel – an officer and a soldier – were killed when a crashed Israeli drone they were inspecting exploded in the southern area of Ras an-Naqoura, according to a statement cited by Lebanon’s National News Agency.
Two other personnel were injured in the incident, the statement said.
Israeli forces arrest 9 Palestinians in dawn raids across occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have arrested nine Palestinians in dawn raids across the occupied West Bank, with a school principal among those detained, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA).
In Salfit governorate, three men, including the head of the village council and the principal of a boys’ school, were arrested in the town of Sarta, while another man was arrested in the town of Kafr ad-Dik.
Another man was arrested in Beit Hanina, a neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, as Israeli forces raided a complex to prevent the holding of elections by a doctors’ association, ASRA reported.
Another man was arrested in the city of el-Bireh, while three others were arrested in raids near Hebron, as we reported earlier.
Israeli settlers attack town near Nablus in occupied West Bank
A group of Israeli settlers has attacked a Bedouin gathering in the town of Duma in the occupied West Bank, about 25km (15.5 miles) southeast of Nablus, assaulting one man, smashing his phone and carrying out acts of vandalism, according to the Wafa news agency.
A 35-year-old Palestinian man, Thamin Khalil Reda Dawabsheh, was shot dead by Israeli settlers in an attack in Duma earlier this month.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it considers the rise in Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank to be a direct result of incitement on the part of the Israeli government.
