Overview

• An Israeli drone strike targeted an aluminum plant in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, causing a fire and extensive damage.
• This strike is the first to hit the area since the 34-day war in 2006 between Israel and Hezbollah.
• Hezbollah has been carrying out attacks on Israeli posts along the border, and Israel has been responding with artillery shelling and airstrikes on the Lebanese side of the border.
• Hezbollah claims to have shot down an Israeli drone near the border, while Israel says it intercepted a missile fired at one of its drones.
• The violence between Israel and Hezbollah is an extension of Israel's conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which began after a Hamas attack on southern Israel killed about 1,200 people.