One killed, 2 wounded as Israeli forces open fire on civilians in Nabatieh al-Fawqa
Israeli machinegun fire killed one person and wounded two others on Tuesday in southern Lebanon, state media reported, despite a reduction in hostilities there following the declaration of a new ceasefire.
"A young man was killed and two others were injured when enemy army soldiers opened fire with their machineguns in their direction while they were standing near an excavator working to clear a road in the Deir neighborhood of Nabatieh al-Fawqa," the National News Agency said.
In Hadatha, Israeli forces fired on residents accompanied by the Lebanese Army during a burial procession on the outskirts of the town.
A strike targeted the southern town on Kfartebnit, near the Israeli-declared yellow line, the first since the latest ceasefire went into effect on Saturday.
Israeli soldiers also fired stun grenades in Kfartebnit, Aita al-Jabal and Barasheet, while drones overflew Beirut’s southern suburbs, Tyre, and multiple areas across southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army said its forces attacked armed men near a "security zone" where Israeli troops are deployed in Ali Taher.
These developments come ahead of a fifth round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations scheduled to begin today in Washington, and despite a truce that has been in effect since Saturday, after several previous ceasefires failed to halt the fighting in Lebanon.
Source: Naharnet
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