Ammon News - The Israeli military said on Sunday it was carrying out strikes in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah launched drones at its soldiers, and urged residents of the town of Arab Salim to evacuate.

“Terrorists from the Hezbollah terrorist organization launched two drones towards IDF soldiers operating in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon,” the military said in a statement, adding that there were no reports of Israeli soldiers wounded.

“This constitutes a blatant violation by the Hezbollah terrorist organization. In response, the IDF is now striking in southern Lebanon.”

In another message, the Israeli military warned residents of Arab Salim to leave ahead of imminent attacks.

“You are situated near a facility belonging to the terrorist organization Hezbollah, against which the IDF will be operating,” it wrote in Arabic on Telegram.

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war in March after Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel, which responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion that Lebanon says have killed more than 4,300 people.

Violence has lessened since a US-Iran memorandum of understanding on the broader conflict in June and a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon later that month.

Israeli forces are operating inside a self-declared “security zone” around 10 kilometers (six miles) deep inside Lebanon along the border.

Authorities in Lebanon said on Saturday that Israeli strikes killed four people in the country’s south and east.


AFP