Israel drone strike injures 5 in southern Lebanon, health ministry says

Five people were injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting the southern Lebanese town of Majdal Selm today, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said according to Reuters, in violation of the ceasefire that came into effect at the end of November.

Last night, Israeli occupation air strikes injured 24 people in Nabatieh, a major town in south Lebanon.

The Israeli military said in a statement it had struck Hezbollah vehicles that were transporting weapons on the edge of Nabatieh. Social media accounts have shown civilians trying to return to their homes after Israel was due to withdraw from southern Lebanon under the terms of the truce.

Breaking | Multiple injuries were reported due to Israeli airstrikes targeting the town of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/vp9BRTquFO

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 28, 2025

Following the strikes on Nabatieh, senior Hezbollah official Mohammad Raad said that the Lebanese people’s right to resist Israeli attacks is a “sacred and legitimate right.”

He emphasised that this right should be exercised at the time and place deemed necessary to protect the country’s security.

The U.S. said on Sunday the agreement between Lebanon and Israel, which included an initial 60-day period for the withdrawal of Israeli occupation troops, would remain in effect until 18 February, an extension to the 26 January deadline previously agreed.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati yesterday urged US General Jasper Jeffers, who chairs the committee monitoring the ceasefire, to pressure Israel into implementing the deal according to international law.

Israeli forces killed at least 24 people and wounded at least 141 in southern Lebanon on Sunday and Monday, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported, as thousands of people tried to return to their homes in the area in defiance of Israeli military orders.

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