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Israeli Drone Attack Wounds Six in Lebanon’s Hermel District Near Syrian Border
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Six people wounded in Hermel district, near Syria border, by Israeli drone strike. Lebanese health ministry confirmed casualties in the Hermel attack.
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Drone strike near border
An Israeli drone attack wounded six people in Lebanon’s Hermel district, close to the Syrian border, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that the drone attack targeted a car, and it said the area has largely been spared such attacks since an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire was agreed in June.
Israel’s military claimed it struck “a Syrian terrorist” who “operated under the direction of the Iranian regime”, alleging that the man “planned and advanced attacks” against Israeli forces in Syria’s southern territory. Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa told the UN General Assembly that “We reject Israeli attempts to impose a fait accompli,” and he said Israel had carried out “500 air strikes, more than 1,200 incursions and 300 detentions” in Syria.
Casualties and claims
The Israeli army said an officer was killed and five other soldiers were wounded in two separate incidents in southern Lebanon, and it said the officer died after a Humvee overturned in southern Lebanon. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that two more Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded in what it described as an “additional operational incident” that stemmed from the improper use of ammunition.
Yedioth Ahronoth reported that three Israeli occupation soldiers have been killed in security incidents in northern Gaza and southern Lebanon over the past two weeks, and it said the latest incident was the death of an Israeli captain in a Hummer rollover accident in southern Lebanon. The report also cited an incident in which two soldiers were wounded by gunfire attributed to the Israeli military’s 91st Division, and it warned that prolonged frontline deployments are exposing troops to attacks and eroding vigilance and operational readiness.
War posture and fallout
Yedioth Ahronoth’s military correspondent Elisha Ben Kimon said the Israeli military’s prolonged deployment along multiple fronts under what it called an “offensive defense” posture has created a routine of “sustained exposure to enemy threats without continuous offensive maneuvers.” The report warned that maintaining forces in fixed defensive positions increases vulnerability to attacks while also heightening the risk of accidents and lapses in vigilance.
The Israeli army said it would continue operating to eliminate immediate threats on all fronts, while emphasizing that it remained committed to the agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Lebanon’s health ministry said the Israeli attack near the town of Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali in the Hermel district led to six wounded, including five Syrian nationals, two of them women, and one Lebanese.