The UNIFIL reported that on Tuesday morning, near the Lebanese village of Marwahin, Israeli drones approached their peacekeepers and dropped stun grenades within 20 meters of them. The IDF confirmed the incident.
The incident has been described by UN officials as “one of the most serious attacks” on UNIFIL personnel since the November ceasefire. The IDF, however, insists it did not amount to deliberate targeting of them, even though they confirmed they dropped grenades on them believing them to be Hezbollah.
How such a mistake could’ve happened is not clear, as the UNIFIL pointed out that they gave the IDF advanced notice that they would be in the Marwahin area removing roadblocks that the IDF had previously set up near the village.
The incident has led to yet more international criticism of Israel for attacking UNIFIL personnel, something they did several times during last year’s invasion of Lebanon. Israel had been pressing for the UN to dissolve the peacekeeper mission, though it was just recently renewed through the end of 2026.
This was just part of continued Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, which have been ongoing despite the ceasefire. Israeli ground troops are reportedly conducting raids in the Shebaa Farms area, alleging there was Hezbollah infrastructure within.
An Israeli drone also attacked and killed a person in the town of Yater today. The person has not been conclusively identified, but the drone attacked a vehicle in the town and the slain person was in the passenger seat.
The IDF, by contrast, claimed the person killed in Yater was a Hezbollah member, and also claimed that another person killed in a drone strike on the village of Shebaa was also Hezbollah. They provided no evidence in either of these cases, though they insisted the presence of the slain people amounted to a violation of the ceasefire, which Israel has violated several thousand times since November, often with strikes.
