Israeli drone strikes against southern Lebanon have left at least three people dead over the weekend and three others wounded. The strikes targeted cars in the towns of Khiam and Jmaijmeh, in keeping with Israel’s regular targeting of still-functioning vehicles in Lebanon’s south after the 2024 invasion.
The Khiam strike came on Saturday, and left at least one person dead and three wounded. The IDF said that the slain person was a “Hezbollah operative” and that his presence at the site violated the ceasefire, though they offered no evidence that was the case, and Hezbollah has yet to confirm they actually lost a member in that incident.
Also on Saturday, Israeli troops fired across the border against the outskirts of the town of Kfar Chouba, though no one was reported hit in that incident, and there were no casualties reported.
Then on Sunday, another strike against another vehicle happened in Jmaijmeh, Once again the IDF claimed that it was a Hezbollah operative that was killed, though once again without evidence. Later reports said two people were killed in the drone strike.
The near daily strikes continued amid reports that the Israeli military is seeking authorization to greatly escalate the attacks on Lebanon, reportedly wanting to move beyond the airstrikes to major new ground operations.
A ceasefire reached in November of 2024 is meant to have ended the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, though in practice Israeli troops never fully withdrew from Lebanon, and have launched well over a thousand attacks since then, killing hundreds of people.
