5 injured as Israeli drone hits motorcycle in southern Lebanon

ISTANBUL

Five people were injured Thursday evening in an Israeli airstrike targeting a motorcycle in Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, local media said.

The state news agency, citing a Health Ministry statement, said a drone hit the motorcycle in the town of Kfar Dounine, causing the injuries and setting a car on fire.

There was no comment from the Israeli army on the attack.

A ceasefire was reached in November 2024, following a military offensive launched by Israel on Lebanon on Oct. 8, 2023, which escalated into a full-scale war by September 2024, killing more than 4,000 people and injuring around 17,000.

Under the truce, Israel was supposed to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon by January, but it only partially pulled out troops and maintains a military presence at five border outposts.