Israeli army claims responsibility for deadly attack near Lebanon’s Shebaa
Israel’s military has confirmed carrying out an attack that killed two people near the southern Lebanese town of Shebaa.
In a statement, the army claimed the two men were part of the Lebanese Resistance Brigades, a paramilitary group linked to Hezbollah, and engaged in a weapons-smuggling operation.
The military shared footage apparently showing the strike that hit the car the men were travelling in, engulfing it in flames.
Earlier, the EU condemned recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon and urged the country to “cease all actions” that violate the truce it reached a year ago.
New Israeli drone attack in southern Lebanon’s Baraachit
Another Israeli drone attack has targeted southern Lebanon, this one hitting a car in the Baraachit area, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports.
A photo shared by the agency showed smoke rising over blazing wreckage on a road following the attack, which it reported caused an unknown number of casualties.
It is at least the third aerial attack on southern Lebanon today after earlier strikes near Bint Jbeil and Shebaa.
Death toll in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon rises to 3
One person has been killed in Israel’s latest attack on the Baraachit area of southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA). It said four other people had been injured in the drone attack.
The Israeli military claimed in a statement that the attack killed a member of Hezbollah.
Earlier, an Israeli air attack on a vehicle between the southeastern towns of Ain Ata and Shebaa killed two brothers, according to NNA.
In a separate attack, an Israeli drone struck a car near Salah Ghandour Hospital in the southern town of Bint Jbeil, injuring seven people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
