A Lebanese citizen was martyred on Thursday evening following an airstrike carried out by an Israeli occupation army drone targeting a civilian vehicle in the Bint Jbeil district in the south of the country. This operation comes within a series of continuous violations of the ceasefire agreement concluded last November, threatening the fragile stability on the Lebanese border.
Field sources reported that the drone launched three precisely guided missiles towards the car at the intersection between the towns of Al-Tiri and Kunin. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed a casualty as a result of this direct aerial attack, which terrorized local residents in the area.
For its part, the Israeli occupation army issued a statement claiming that the raid targeted an element belonging to the Hezbollah organization in the town of Al-Tiri. The Israeli statement did not provide additional details about the identity of the target or the nature of the activity he was engaged in, merely describing the operation as an attack on a military target.
Southern Lebanon has witnessed almost daily Israeli violations since the ceasefire agreement came into effect in late 2024. These violations vary between airstrikes and artillery shelling, in addition to repeated machine-gun sweeping operations targeting border villages and towns.
In addition to the aerial attacks, Israeli occupation forces continue to impose their field control over five strategic Lebanese hills that they seized during recent military operations. Tel Aviv refuses to withdraw from these positions, disregarding official Lebanese demands to end the occupation of sovereign territories and adhere to international resolutions.
Official statistics indicate that the Israeli aggression, which began in October 2023 and escalated into a full-scale war in September 2024, has resulted in devastating human losses. More than 4,000 martyrs have fallen and about 17,000 people have been injured, in addition to the widespread destruction of infrastructure and residential areas in the South, Bekaa, and the Southern Suburb.
On the internal Lebanese front, the Lebanese army announced last January the completion of the first phase of its plan aimed at disarming the area south of the Litani River. This plan aims to strengthen state authority and confine weapons to the legitimate forces in the area extending 30 kilometers from the Blue Line.
The Lebanese government is scheduled to hold a ministerial meeting next Monday to discuss the monthly report prepared by the army command on the progress of the disarmament plan. The meeting will address the field and political challenges facing the implementation of security agreements in light of the continuous Israeli escalation on the southern border.
Beirut continues its diplomatic efforts to demand that the international community pressure Tel Aviv to stop its daily aggressions against Lebanese sovereignty. Lebanese authorities emphasize that the continued occupation and aerial violations undermine opportunities for achieving sustainable calm and expose the lives of civilians to permanent danger in border villages.
The Israeli enemy's raid on the town of Al-Tiri in the Bint Jbeil district resulted in the martyrdom of a Lebanese citizen.
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A Palestinian dead in an Israeli raid targeting a car in southern Lebanon and escalating violations of the ceasefire agreement