Five people were killed and two others wounded on Sunday in an Israeli drone strike on Bint Jbeil, the latest in a string of attacks in south Lebanon in recent days.
The strike which targeted a motorcycle, also hit a car that was passing by killing and wounding its passengers, a family of six. Three children are among the dead. According to Saudi Al-Hadath Television, the target of the raid was a Hezbollah member from the Mrouwe family.
The strike came amid heightened tensions along the border, where the Israeli army earlier in the day fired flares between Bint Jbeil and the nearby town of Aitaroun. In a separate incident, an Israeli patrol dropped a bomb in the town square of Kfar Kila.
The Lebanese Army (LAF) Engineering Regiment safely detonated an Israeli drone that had crashed at the entrance of Aita al-Shaab.
The escalation followed a Saturday night incursion in Ramya, where Israeli forces reportedly entered the town, blew up a house, and withdrew at dawn on Sunday.
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