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Lebanese official media said two people were wounded on Wednesday when Israeli drones attacked a vehicle in the south, a day after a deadly raid and despite an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire.
“Israeli drones carried out more than one strike on a vehicle in Ras Naqura, near a rubbish dump” south of a United Nations peacekeeping position, the National News Agency (NNA) said.
“Two siblings who were collecting scrap metal” were wounded and taken to hospital, it added.
Israel’s military said it carried out a strike on Lebanon that targeted people it alleged were engaged in activities that violated the ceasefire deal.
“Earlier today, a number of suspects were identified loading weapons onto vehicles in the area of Naqoura in southern Lebanon,” it said, adding that the Israeli Air Force “struck one of the vehicles in order to remove the threat”.
“The activity of the suspects constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” it said in a statement.
Wednesday’s strikes come a day after Israel’s military said it killed a Hezbollah navy commander in the south, accusing the slain militant of violating the November 27 ceasefire.
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The truce largely halted more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including two months of full-blown war during which Israel sent in ground troops.
Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Lebanese territory since the agreement took effect.
Israel had been due to withdraw from Lebanon by February 18 after missing a January deadline, but it has kept troops at five locations it deems “strategic”.
The ceasefire also required Hezbollah to pull back north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the border, and to dismantle any remaining military infrastructure in the south.
Last week, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces would remain indefinitely in what he called a “buffer zone” in south Lebanon.
Published – March 05, 2025 10:46 pm IST
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Israeli drone strikes wound two in south Lebanon: state media
