This week’s “new ceasefire” between Israel and Lebanon continues to be highlighted by increasingly aggressive Israeli military attacks across Lebanon’s south, with at least 10 more Lebanese killed today, including three members of the Lebanese military.
Given yesterday’s Israeli claim that they have “no hostile intent” toward the Lebanese government, that particular attack is particularly difficult to explain, as the IDF attacked a Lebanese military vehicle and killed high-ranking officials, including a brigadier general and a captain. The general was identified as Brig. Gen. Wassem Sabra.
Though this is not the first time Israeli troops have attacked and killed members of the Lebanese military in the course of this war, Brig. Gen. Sabra is the highest ranked member to have been slain.
A Lebanese military vehicle destroyed in Nabatieh Governorate | Image from X
IDF officials sought to justify the killings by saying the vehicle was “moving suspiciously,” and that they had indications Hezbollah was going to fire on Israeli troops in the area. The incident is reportedly “under review.”
Notably, the IDF said the vehicle had been identified before they decided to attack it. The vehicle was along the road between Nabatieh and Kfar Tebnit. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun termed the killings a “flagrant violation of sovereignty and of international laws and norms.”
An overnight strike on the village of Saksakiyeh killed at least six people and left four others wounded, with was the highest number of casualties in a single strike so far today. The victims of the Saksakyeh strike have yet to be identified.
