BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed one person on Friday, the health ministry in Beirut said a day after raids that Israel said had targeted the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Israel has kept up regular strikes in Lebanon despite a November 2024 ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, usually saying it is targeting members of the group or its infrastructure.
In a statement, the health ministry said an “Israeli enemy strike” on a vehicle in Mansuri in south Lebanon killed one person.
It also said that a strike on Mayfadun in south Lebanon the previous night killed one person.
Israeli said Thursday’s attack killed a Hezbollah member it alleged “took part in attempts to reestablish Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the Zawtar Al-Sharqiyah area.”
The attacks come a week after Lebanon’s military said it had completed disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River, the first phase of a nationwide plan, although Israel has called those efforts insufficient.
On Thursday, Israel carried out several strikes against eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa region, north of the Litani, after issuing warnings to evacuate.
United Nations peacekeepers, deployed in the south to separate Lebanon from Israel, said on Friday that an Israeli drone “dropped a grenade” on its troops.
On Monday, the peacekeeping force said an Israeli tank fired near its troops, and warned that such incidents were becoming “disturbingly common.”
Israeli strike in south Lebanon kills one: ministry
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Israeli strike in south Lebanon kills one: ministry
- The health ministry said an “Israeli enemy strike” on a vehicle in Mansuri in south Lebanon killed one
- It also said that a strike on Mayfadun in south Lebanon the previous night killed one
Trump offers to mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dispute on Nile River waters
- Egypt says the dam violates international treaties and could cause both droughts and flooding, a claim Ethiopia rejects
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump offered on Friday to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters between Egypt and Ethiopia. “I am ready to restart US mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly resolve the question of ‘The Nile Water Sharing’ once and for all,” he wrote to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in a letter that also was posted on Trump’s Truth Social account.
Addis Ababa’s September 9 inauguration of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been a source of anger in Cairo, which is downstream on the Nile.
Ethiopia, the continent’s second-most populous nation with more than 120 million people, sees the $5 billion dam on a tributary of the Nile as central to its economic ambitions.
Egypt says the dam violates international treaties and could cause both droughts and flooding, a claim Ethiopia rejects.
Trump has praised El-Sisi in the past, including during an October trip to Egypt to sign a deal related to the Gaza conflict. In public comments, Trump has echoed Cairo’s concerns about the water issue.
