ALBAWABA- An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle early Monday in the coastal village of al-Bissariyah, south of Sidon, in what Lebanese officials denounced as a “flagrant breach” of the November 2024 U.S.-French-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Local sources reported that the drone fired a missile at a car traveling on a public road, sending thick plumes of smoke over the village. A person was killed when an Israeli drone targeted his car on a public road in al-Bisasriyah.
The Israeli military said the strike targeted “Hezbollah operatives attempting to rebuild terror infrastructure,” insisting it was acting within the ceasefire’s framework to prevent militant rearmament south of the Litani River.
Lebanese authorities and Hezbollah, however, accused Israel of deliberately undermining the fragile truce, with Beirut summoning the Israeli envoy and warning that continued aggression could spark retaliation.
Monday’s strike follows a string of Israeli operations across southern Lebanon in recent days. On November 6, Israeli airstrikes killed at least one person and wounded several others in Tayr Debba and et-Taybe.
Two days later, drone attacks near Khirbet Selm killed two brothers whom Israel identified as arms smugglers, while Lebanese officials said the victims were civilians. On November 9, three people were killed and 11 injured in multiple drone strikes, including one in Houmin al-Fouqa that set a vehicle ablaze.
Lebanese tallies suggest that nearly 300 people have been killed since the ceasefire took effect, most of them in Israeli strikes, while Israel claims to have eliminated dozens of Hezbollah-linked threats. The United Nations has urged both sides to de-escalate, warning that renewed hostilities could derail ongoing diplomatic efforts to stabilize the border.
