Israel claims the attack was against Hezbollah members, as UNIFIL patrols were also attacked with drones and tanks.
Published October 26, 2025
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says three people have been killed in Israeli military attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire that began almost a year ago.
Lebanese authorities initially said two people were killed in Sunday’s Israeli attack, but revised the death toll after further attacks.
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Two of the victims were killed in the eastern Baalbek region of the country, and the third was killed in Nakoula, in southern Tire region.
The Ministry of Health announced that Syrians were among the victims of the attack in the town of Al Hafir in Baalbek.
The Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah members.
In a statement, it said it had killed Ali Hussein al-Moussawi in eastern Lebanon.
The Israeli military claimed that al-Musawi “purchased and transferred weapons from Syria to Lebanon” and “played an important role in rebuilding and strengthening Hezbollah.”
It added that Abed Mahmoud al-Sayed, a local Hezbollah representative from the village of Ras Biyada, was killed in the Naqoura attack.
There was no confirmation from Hezbollah about the alleged death.
“We don’t seek anyone’s approval.”
The latest deaths occurred 11 months after a ceasefire ended fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
But in a speech on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that despite agreeing to ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza, his country would not seek recognition.
“Israel is an independent state. We will continue to defend ourselves and determine our destiny by our own means,” Prime Minister Netanyahu told government ministers.
“We are not seeking anyone’s approval for this. We are in charge of our safety,” he added.
His comments came hours before the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has been operating in southern Lebanon since 1978, announced that an Israeli drone had dropped a grenade near a patrol near Kfar Qira on Sunday afternoon.
Israeli tanks then opened fire, but there were no injuries to personnel or damage to property, UNIFIL added.
UNIFIL said in a statement on the
Last week, a group of United Nations experts sounded the alarm over continued Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
“These attacks have resulted in increased civilian casualties and destruction and damage to infrastructure, housing, the environment, and agricultural areas essential to civilian life,” they said.
Under the terms of the November 2024 ceasefire, Israel was to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon by January 2025. However, troops remain in five border outposts that Israel considers strategic.
