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Israeli Drone Strike in South Lebanon Kills Five, Including Three Children

The episode intensifies scrutiny of a faltering truce, complicating Lebanon's push to disarm Hezbollah.

Overview

  • Lebanon’s Health Ministry said five people were killed in Bint Jbeil after a drone hit a motorcycle and a car, with two others wounded, according to the National News Agency.
  • Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said a father and his three children who were killed held U.S. citizenship, and UNICEF called the child deaths unconscionable.
  • The Israeli military said it targeted a Hezbollah member, acknowledged that several uninvolved civilians were killed, and announced a review of the incident.
  • Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the strike as a massacre and urged international pressure during their UN General Assembly visit.
  • The attack followed a U.S.-brokered November ceasefire that Lebanese officials say Israel has violated thousands of times, warning that continued strikes jeopardize the government’s disarmament plan and stability in the south.