Overnight, Israel continued its attacks on southern Lebanon, hitting and killing a person on a motorcycle in the village of Mansouri, near the coastal city of Tyre. Two other people were reported wounded in the strike.
Details are still scant on the Mansouri strike, though IDF spokesman claimed the person killed was the Hezbollah artillery commander. It is not uncommon, however, for Israel to attack functional vehicles in the southern part of Lebanon, and posthumously promoting the slain to top Hezbollah figures is normal.
Civilian buildings that are still standing after last year’s invasion and occupation are also a popular target, and we saw that last night as well, when Israel attacked a civilian building in Yohmor. They didn’t say it was a civilian building, however.
Strike in Mansouri | Image from X
The official IDF narrative was that the building was just a “civilian structure” that actually contained a Hezbollah “command center.” They provided no evidence that this was the case, nor did they explain why, after months of attacking Yohmor, they just finally got to the building that they were convinced was the centerpiece of Hezbollah’s operations.
The IDF also presented the existence of the building, which again they provided no evidence for actually being a command center as a “blatant” violation of the ceasefire, the same ceasefire Israel has violated over 3,800 times since November, including several times just last night.
The Lebanese Army also issued a statement today warning people against unfamiliar social media apps in the southern part of the country, saying Israel is using them to attempt to recruit collaborators.
