Israeli drone strike injures 6 in eastern Lebanon as attacks continue despite framework deal

Six people were injured in an Israeli drone strike in eastern Lebanon on Friday, as Israeli forces carried out further attacks despite a US-brokered framework deal signed in June, medical sources said.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that an Israeli military drone targeted a vehicle in Housh al-Sayyed Ali in Baalbek-Hermel province, near the Syrian border.

Witnesses told Anadolu that the missile did not directly hit the vehicle but landed beside it.

Six people sustained minor injuries in the attack, according to medical sources.

Artillery strikes target southern Lebanon

The news agency reported that Israeli artillery shelling targeted Wadi Zibqin and the outskirts of Baraachit and Haddatha at dawn Friday.

It said additional artillery strikes hit Mansouri, Majdal Zoun and surrounding valleys.

Israeli forces also fired flares over Beit Lif and Srifa, according to the report.

According to the news agency, an Israeli warplane carried out an airstrike on the outskirts of Kfar Tebnit in the Nabatieh district.

Israeli artillery also struck Wadi al-Salouqi and the outskirts of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Tebnit and Mayfadoun, the agency reported.

Israeli forces advance, uproot olive trees

Separately, an Israeli force comprising infantry troops and a military bulldozer advanced about 50 meters from a Lebanese army position in Zawtar al-Gharbiya in the Nabatieh district, according to the NNA.

The agency reported that the Israeli force used the bulldozer to uproot olive trees in the area.

The reported attacks came despite a US-sponsored framework deal signed by Beirut and Tel Aviv on June 26.

The attacks have continued despite the US-sponsored framework deal signed by Beirut and Tel Aviv on June 26, which provides for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and the deployment of the Lebanese army in areas vacated by Israeli forces.

Since March 2, the Israeli offensive has killed at least 4,386 people and wounded 12,413 others, according to the latest figures from Lebanon’s Health Ministry issued Sept. 25.