Israeli strikes kill one, injure four in southern Lebanon amid ceasefire violations
According to a statement by Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center, 'the Israeli enemy's raid on Khiyam led to the death of a wounded man due to the severity of his injuries,' while four others sustained various degrees of wounds.
The escalation came as Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported the discovery of an Israeli spy device equipped with a camera and a drone in the town of Aytaroun, located in the southern governorate of Nabatiyeh.
A Lebanese army statement confirmed that a specialized military unit dismantled the camouflaged device during ongoing engineering surveys in the region.
The Israeli military also carried out artillery shelling between the towns of Maroun al-Ras and Yaroun in the Bint Jbeil district. Artillery and sound shells were fired toward the border towns of Ramiya and Ayta al-Shaab.
Simultaneously, hostile Israeli reconnaissance drones, referred to by local media as "marches", flew at low altitudes over multiple areas, including Marjayoun, Nabatiyeh, Shukin, Arnoun, and Deir al-Zahrani.
In a targeted strike, two Israeli drones dropped bombs on an excavator in the Fawara neighborhood of Yaroun, causing it to catch fire and sustain heavy damage. A separate drone dropped a stun grenade near the municipal stadium in Yaroun's Al-Sultana neighborhood, although no injuries were reported.
Since the implementation of the ceasefire on November 27, 2024, between Israel and Hezbollah, the Israeli military has reportedly violated the agreement over 3,000 times, resulting in at least 267 deaths and 567 injuries, according to official Lebanese data.
Despite a partial Israeli military withdrawal from southern Lebanon, five Lebanese hilltops captured during the last war remain under Israeli occupation, further fueling tensions along the volatile border region.
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