Israel expanded the scope of its drone campaign in Lebanon between 5 and 7 July, carrying out a string of strikes that hit vehicles and suspected militant positions in the south and east of the country, according to Lebanese and Israeli media reports. The latest attack came on 7 July in the village of Deir Kifa, about 20 km north of the Israeli border, where an Israeli unmanned aircraft destroyed a van. Lebanese outlets said the strike killed one person and wounded another; Israel’s army radio confirmed it had targeted a vehicle in the area. Minutes later, another drone strike targeted a motorcycle in the nearby town of Beit Lif in the Bint Jbeil district, killing a Hezbollah member and injuring at least one other person, Lebanese broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported. The 7 July attacks followed Israeli air raids a day earlier on the Bekaa Valley towns of Bodai and surrounding mountain ranges, and came two days after separate drone strikes in southern Lebanon that left one civilian dead and three injured, according to local authorities. While Israel says it is aiming at Hezbollah operatives, the cross-border fire underscores the fragility of the November 2024 cease-fire and raises the risk of a wider escalation along the Lebanon–Israel frontier.
عاجل | مسيرة إسرائيلية تُلقي قنبلة صوتية على بلدة عيتا الشعب، في جنوب لبنان.
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An Israeli drone targeted a car in Deir Kifa, south Lebanon. https://t.co/7GRq01eyyt