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Two killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

From TVN Panamá · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Two young men were killed in an Israeli bombardment while riding a motorcycle near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s state news agency reported.
  • The strike came despite a truce, after Israel said it had taken the strategically important Ali Taher hill near the Litani River.
  • The U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon said returning families faced widespread destruction, a lack of basic services and persistent insecurity.

Two young men were killed Friday when they were attacked while riding a motorcycle near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s state news agency, NNA.

The strike occurred near the Ali Taher hill, which Israel said it had taken on Thursday. The hill lies north of the Litani River, along the edge of the area occupied by Israel in southern Lebanon, and had served as a strategic Hezbollah position.

The incident came despite a truce with the Iran-backed Islamist movement Hezbollah. Fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah combatants has declined since June following an understanding between the United States and Iran and a memorandum of agreement between Lebanon and Israel.

Families returning to Nabatieh during the truce are still facing “widespread destruction, an absence of basic services [and] persistent insecurity,” Imran Riza, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, said Friday on X after visiting the area.

Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the regional war in March by firing rockets at Israel in support of its ally Iran. Israel responded with heavy airstrikes and a ground invasion that Lebanese authorities say has killed more than 4,300 people.

Widespread destruction, an absence of basic services [and] persistent insecurity

· Imran RizaThe U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon described conditions facing families returning to Nabatieh during the truce.
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