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Israeli Drone Attack Wounds Six in Lebanon’s Hermel District Near Syrian Border
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An Israeli drone attack wounded six in Lebanon's Hermel district near the Syria border. Five Syrians and one Lebanese were among the wounded; two of the Syrians were women.
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Drone strike near border
An Israeli drone attack wounded six people in Lebanon’s Hermel district near the Syrian border, Lebanon’s health ministry said, with the six wounded including five Syrian nationals, two of them women, and one Lebanese. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that "an enemy military drone targeted a car" in the town, 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 said Israel had carried out "500 air strikes, more than 1,200 incursions and 300 detentions" in Syria. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights documented about 280 Israeli incursions into Syrian territory last month, warning of the implications of those incursions on civilians as Israeli forces carried out a new incursion on the road linking the villages of Arnà and Derbel in western Rif Damascus today, Saturday.
Detentions and calls
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson Shabia Mantoo said in a statement posted on the Commission's website that the Office documented around 280 incidents of armed Israeli incursions into Syria during September alone. Mantoo said the Commission continues to document cases of Syrians detained by Israeli forces, and she said information suggests that no fewer than 49 Syrians are currently detained by Israel, with independent verification of the total number of detainees still pending. Mantoo said the Commission received reports of a disabled Syrian farmer shot and temporarily detained during an Israeli military incursion into the town of Jbata al-Shajar in northern Quneitra, and she also cited the death of a resident of the town of Jba near the town of al-Hamidiya.
Mantoo said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turkish calls for a prompt and impartial investigation into these assaults, calling on Israeli authorities to stop practices that involve harassing or intimidating civilians in the Syrian villages. Syria Now reported that a reconnaissance patrol of the Israeli occupation army, consisting of three vehicles, penetrated along the road to Arnà and Derbel today, Saturday, and it said occupation soldiers searched the vehicles and pedestrians in the area.
Security zones and wider war
Israel has continued to attack Lebanon since a ceasefire with Hezbollah was agreed in June, and it has vowed to keep troops in so-called security zones along its border in both Syria and Lebanon. Israel’s military said it "will continue to operate to eliminate immediate threats on all fronts" after it claimed it struck a Syrian terrorist identified as Youssef Ali al-Hassoun. The Israeli army said an officer was killed and five other soldiers were wounded in two separate incidents in southern Lebanon, explaining that the officer died as a result of the overturning of a military vehicle of the Humvee type.
Yedioth Ahronoth reported that prolonged Israeli frontline deployments left troops exposed to attacks, and it cited concerns within military leadership that sustained exposure to enemy threats without continuous offensive maneuvers eroded vigilance and operational readiness. The latest official Lebanese statistics cited in the report put the toll of Israel’s offensives in Lebanon since March 2 of last year at 4,386 people killed and 12,413 others injured, despite the June 26 Washington agreement for a gradual Israeli withdrawal and Lebanese army deployment.