An Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle on the Chehabiyeh-Kfar Dunin highway in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing one person and injuring several others, according to local sources. The attack involved two missiles and triggered an immediate response from local ambulance crews.
The identity of the deceased has not yet been released, and the condition of the wounded remains unclear.
Later on Sunday, Israeli artillery shelling was reported on the outskirts of the southern town of al-Dhaira, near a Lebanese Army post.
In a separate development, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) reported finding an Israeli drone in the town of Dhayra, near Tyre. Authorities have not provided further details on the drone’s mission or whether it was downed or crash-landed.
A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol was intercepted on Sunday in Wadi al-Hujayr while conducting inspection activities without coordination or escort from the Lebanese Army. The situation led to a brief standoff, which was later defused after a Lebanese Army unit arrived on the scene and intervened to resolve the tensions.
Meanwhile, tensions escalated further in the early hours of Sunday when residents of Saksakiyeh town in Saida district received a message from a foreign phone number urging them to evacuate a local housing project. Residents complied, fearing a potential attack. Although no strike followed, drone activity in the area remained intense.
Eyewitnesses and local sources reported continuous Israeli drone flights over Saksakiyeh and its surrounding areas throughout the day. Low-altitude reconnaissance flights were also recorded over Sarafand, Adloun, Abu al-Aswad, al-Qasimia, Borgholiyeh and the Abbasiya junction in the Tyre district.
In northern Beqaa, Israeli warplanes were observed flying at medium altitude over the city of Hermel, marking a rare extension of aerial activity into the Beqaa Valley region.
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