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One killed as Israeli drone hits motorcycle in southern Lebanon in violation of ceasefire

Iran Press TV

Wednesday, 28 May 2025 6:32 AM

The Israeli military has conducted an assault in the southern Lebanese province of Nabatieh, killing at least one individual, in the latest flagrant breach of a tenuous ceasefire agreement with Lebanon.

The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health said in a statement that an Israeli drone fired a guided missile at a motorcycle as it was traveling along a road at the village of Yater in Bint Jbeil district late on Tuesday.

A Lebanese security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the victim as a member of the Hezbollah resistance movement, and named him as Nabil Balaghi.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Lebanese army announced that it had found an Israeli espionage device and dismantled two earthen berms erected by the Israeli military in a border area in southern Lebanon.

"In the course of ongoing engineering survey operations in the southern regions, a specialized military unit discovered an Israeli enemy espionage device camouflaged and equipped with a camera on the outskirts of the village of Blida-Marjayoun in southeastern Lebanon. The unit dismantled the device," the statement read.

It added, "The unit also removed two earthen berms that had been erected by the enemy in the villages of Blida and Mays al-Jabal - Marjayoun."

The statement indicated that the Lebanese army is persistently watching the situation in collaboration with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in light of the continued Israeli infringements on Lebanon's sovereignty and security, especially in the southern region.

This comes as Lebanon's official National News Agency had reported that "an Israeli force, accompanied by two bulldozers" had infiltrated the "outskirts of Mays al-Jabal in the eastern sector of the border area, where it erected an earthen berm and encroached on dozens of meters of Lebanese land before withdrawing."

Since the commencement of the ceasefire, Israeli occupation forces have been launching assaults on Lebanon, including airstrikes throughout the Arab nation, breaching the agreement.

On January 27, 2025, Lebanon announced its decision to extend the ceasefire with Israel until February 18.

Although the deadline of February 18 has passed, Israel continues to maintain its occupation of five significant regions in southern Lebanon, namely Labbouneh, Mount Blat, Owayda Hill, Aaziyyeh, and Hammamis Hill, all situated near the border.

Lebanon has condemned the continued presence of Israeli military forces, viewing it as a violation of the ceasefire agreement and the established timeline for withdrawal. Senior officials in Beirut have expressed their commitment to take "all necessary measures" to remove the occupying troops from the nation.