Overview
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported three deaths in separate Israeli strikes in Baalbek and Naqoura, including a Syrian national, despite the nearly year-old ceasefire.
- The IDF said the strikes killed Ali Hussein al-Mousawi, described as a Hezbollah weapons smuggler, and Abed Mahmoud al-Sayed, a local Hezbollah representative in the Naqoura area.
- UNIFIL said a drone dropped a grenade near its patrol in Kfar Kila and that a tank fired toward peacekeepers after the unit neutralized an Israeli drone, reporting no casualties.
- Israel acknowledged a downed reconnaissance drone and said its forces dropped a grenade near the crash site but denied firing at peacekeepers, leaving key elements of the incident in dispute.
- UN officials have warned of mounting civilian harm since the truce, Israel retains troops at five border outposts, and U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus is engaging Lebanese leaders on Hezbollah’s disarmament efforts.