South Lebanon: Six Dead in Drone Strikes
Sunday was marked by drone strikes on Naqoura, Aita al-Shaab, Yarun and Houla, killing at least six people.

Mohammad Baydoun, a Hezbollah fighter, was killed on Sunday morning in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in the Naqoura region, near the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The attack was claimed by the Israeli army, which said it had targeted a Hezb member leaving a military building in Naqoura.

Later in the day, two other Hezb members, Rafic Kassem and Hussein Saleh, were killed following a drone attack on Aita al-Shaab. Several civilians were reported injured.

In the afternoon, a drone strike on Yaroun also left one person dead, while another on Hula, targeting a motorcycle, left, at least, two person dead and two injured.

At the same time, phosphorus shells were fired at Aitaroun and Odaisseh, causing fires.

Israeli artillery also bombarded the outskirts of Chihine, Majdel Zoun, Zebqine, Wadi Hamoul and Wadi Hassan. A shell fired by a Merkava tank in Metula hit the village of Kfar Kila.


Several Israeli raids also targeted the area near a transmission pole belonging to the Al-Manar channel in Jabal Blat.

For its part, the pro-Iranian group claimed responsibility for attacks on the Israeli sites of Jal al-Alam, al-Abad and Zebdine, as well as the battalion's headquarters at the Liman barracks in Western Galilee.

In addition, Israeli army radio announced that it had identified the firing of two anti-tank missiles from Lebanon towards Margaliot in the Galilee, as well as fifteen shots in the direction of Shlomi.

Furthermore, Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman Avichay Adraee announced that the Israeli air force had targeted Hezbollah infrastructure and military buildings in Khiam and Aita al-Shaab on Saturday night.

He also claimed, in a post on X, artillery bombardments on Khiam, Hula, Markaba and Kfar Kila.
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