Civil Protection groups examine a charred automotive that was hit by an Israeli drone strike on the freeway resulting in southern Lebanon on September 2, 2024. | Picture credit score: AFP
An Israeli airstrike killed two civilians travelling in a automotive alongside Lebanon’s southern coast on Monday (2 September 2024), safety sources mentioned, together with an worker of a cleansing firm contracted by the United Nations peacekeeping drive in Lebanon.
The drive, often called UNIFIL, confirmed {that a} car pushed by the cleaner was hit by an airstrike close to the southern Lebanese city of Naqoura, killing each the motive force and passenger.
“UNIFIL regrets that so many individuals have been injured or killed since 8 October. Assaults towards civilians represent violations of worldwide humanitarian legislation and should cease,” mentioned UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel.
There was no fast remark from the Israeli army.
Safety sources mentioned the assault was Israeli and that the 2 males within the automotive had been cousins. The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah later mentioned it had fired Katyusha rockets into Israeli territory in retaliation for the assault close to Naqoura.
Almost 140 civilians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since October 8, when hostilities broke out between the Israeli military and Hezbollah in parallel to the battle in Gaza.
In Could, an Israeli strike on a village in southern Lebanon killed a technician employed by a telecommunications firm to restore a phone tower.
