Israel-Palestine Escalation
Israel was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, with Hamas movement's troops infiltrating border areas. On October 8, the Israeli government announced that it had invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law, which means the country was officially in a state of war.

Israeli Drone Attack Kills Three in Southern Lebanon, Source Says

© Photo X / @RibereFAftermath of Israeli drone attack on southern Lebanon
Aftermath of Israeli drone attack on southern Lebanon - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 15.08.2024
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BEIRUT (Sputnik) - Sputnik was informed by a Lebanese field source that an Israeli drone attack in the town of Marjayoun, located in the southern region of Lebanon, resulted in the deaths of three people.
On Wednesday, a source reported that an Israeli drone attacked a car in the center of the town.
"Three people in the car were killed as a result of an Israeli drone attack in Marjayoun. Several more people were wounded," the source said.
The source said preliminary information suggests that the three killed belonged to the Palestinian movement Hamas' military wing in Lebanon, Al-Jama'ah Al-Islamiyah.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks in a televised address via a video link during a ceremony to commemorate the death of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and six officers, who were killed by an Israeli airstrike - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 04.08.2024
Israel-Palestine Escalation
Hezbollah Strikes: Unleashing 'Dozens' of Rockets on Northern Israel
Overall, on Wednesday, Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese medical emergency center, killed four people and left 27 others wounded, nine of them in serious condition.
Earlier on Wednesday, an Israeli drone struck the settlement of Aabbassiyeh. According to the medical emergency center, 10 people were injured, three of whom were hospitalized in serious condition.
In turn, fighters of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement carried out four combat operations against the Israeli army on Wednesday. Also, in response to the strike in Aabbassiyeh, they shelled the Israeli border settlement of Kiryat Shmona.
The situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border escalated after Israel started hostilities in Gaza in October 2023. The Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah fighters conduct attacks almost daily on each other's positions in areas along the border.
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