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The Israeli drone strike in South Lebanon has killed five people including three children, said the Ministry of Health.
Four of those who were killed, including their children and father, were detained WE Citizenship, according to the Chairman of the Parliament Nabih Berri.
The other two were injured, including the mother’s mother.
The Israeli military said they targeted a Hizbullah terrorist who “operated from the civilian population”.
Israeli defense forces (IDF) acknowledged “some civilians who were not involved” were killed and said the incident was being reviewed.
“IDF operates with Hizbullah terrorist organizations and will continue to act to eliminate the threats caused by the situation Israel“He said in a statement.
The pictures from the scene at Bint Jbeil showed a destroyed Mercedes.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who previously landed in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly, condemned strikes and asked the international community to pressure Israel to stop.
Mr Aoun, together with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in the country, supported last month’s agreement which gradually disarmed Hizbullah.
“There is no peace over the blood of our children,” Aoun said in a statement from his office.
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Mr Salam called the attack as “the message of intimidation targeting our people who returned to their village in the south”.
The war between Hizbullah and Israel killed around 4,000 people in Lebanon and evacuated throughout the southern and eastern regions of the country.
Under US-Broker’s ceasefireHizbullah and Israel should withdraw their troops from the south Lebanon and stop each other’s attacks.
Israeli troops continue to occupy five points of Lebanese hilltop on the border.
Israel often says that it targets Hizbullah or infrastructure militants in South Lebanon, while Hizbullah only claims to shoot at the border once since the ceasefire, but Israel said the militant group tried to rebuild their abilities.
Hizbullah officials said that the ongoing attack justified their rejection to release their weapons, and claim that the ceasefire agreement and monitoring mechanism with the US, France, and the UN peacekeeping forces were not effective.
