1 killed in Israeli drone strike on car west of Baalbek
One person was killed Thursday when an Israeli drone bombed a car in the town of Kfardan west of Baalbek, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV said.
This is the second such strike in the Baalbek region in recent days, in an apparent expansion of Israel’s drone strikes against Hezbollah members. Such attacks had been confined to south Lebanon since the November ceasefire.
A similar strike had targeted a car in Brital near Baalbek on Tuesday, after a defiant speech by Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem and a historic cabinet session that took a decision to set a timetable for Hezbollah’s disarmament.
The Israeli army said Tuesday’s strike targeted a Hezbollah operative who it said was directing militant cells in Syria.
Thursday’s strike coincided with another cabinet session tackling the paper presented by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack for Hezbollah’s disarmament.
The cabinet’s decision on Tuesday followed heavy U.S. pressure and came as part of implementing a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah including two months of all-out war.
The confrontation left the militant group badly weakened, though it retains part of its arsenal.
Source: Naharnet
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