Israel continues with its strike on southern Lebanon, with at least two people were killed on Tuesday in attacks on different towns, with at least five wounded. The IDF claimed both were “Hezbollah operatives.”
The first strike targeted a vehicle near the village of Markaba. The IDF was quick to issue a statement claiming that the target was from Hezbollah, but as usual provided no evidence to that effect. The Lebanese Health Ministry later confirmed one was killed in the attack.
About a half hour later, a second strike was reported in the town of Sebline, near Sidon. There too the IDF was quick to issue a statement claiming a non-specific Hezbollah operative was the target in the strike.
The unusual aspect of this is that normally the IDF waits to see if anyone was killed, and then posthumously promotes them to important Hezbollah figures in their narrative. At the time of the IDF statements, neither was confirmed killed.
The Lebanese Health Ministry, however, later confirmed that here again, one person was killed, and that five other people were wounded. None of the people have been identified, neither by the Israelis nor by the local officials.
Meanwhile, Israeli ground troops entered the southern border town of Dhayra, and placed multiple empty ammunition crates in a neighborhood before withdrawing. The crates were reportedly booby-trapped, though there is no news of casualties from this incident. Lebanese media speculates this was done in an attempt to intimidate the residents, who are still trying to rebuild the town over a year after the ceasefire went into effect.
