Israeli drone strike kills 5, together with 3 kids, in southern Lebanon

An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon killed 5 folks on Sunday (September 21, 2025), together with three kids, Lebanon’s Health Ministry stated.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri stated 4 of the killed, the three kids in addition to their father, held U.S. citizenship. Two others have been wounded, together with the mom within the household.

Officials on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

Since a ceasefire settlement was reached in November to finish Israel’s monthslong warfare with the Hezbollah militant group, Israel has continued to strike southern and jap Lebanon virtually every day.

Under the Washington-brokered ceasefire, each the militant Hezbollah group and Israel have been alleged to withdraw their forces from southern Lebanon and halt strikes in opposition to one another. Israeli forces have proceed to occupy 5 Lebanese hilltop factors by the border.

The Israeli army stated it was focusing on a Hezbollah militant, and that he “operated from inside a civilian inhabitants.” It acknowledged that civilians have been killed and that it was reviewing the incident.

“The IDF is working in opposition to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation and can proceed to behave to take away any menace posed to the State of Israel,” the assertion stated.

Israel continuously says it’s focusing on Hezbollah militants or infrastructure within the tiny nation’s battered southern area. Hezbollah has solely claimed firing throughout the border as soon as for the reason that ceasefire, however Israel says the militant group is attempting to rebuild its capabilities.

Lebanese officers have warned that the continued strikes threat the nation’s current efforts to disarm the group and additional worsen its shaky safety scenario. Hezbollah has maintained that it now not has a army presence south of the Litani River, and has refused to talk of disarmament with out Israel stopping its assaults and withdrawing from southern Lebanese territory.

President Joseph Aoun, who earlier landed in New York forward of the United Nations General Assembly, condemned the strike and referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood to strain Israel to cease. Aoun, alongside the Lebanese authorities underneath Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, endorsed an settlement final month that will progressively disarm Hezbollah.

“There isn’t any peace above the blood of our kids,” stated Mr. Aoun in an announcement from his workplace.

The monthslong warfare between Hezbollah and Israel killed some 4,000 folks in Lebanon and displaced residents throughout southern and jap Lebanon.

Prime Minister Salam, who, like Mr. Aoun, vowed upon his appointment earlier this 12 months to disarm all non-state teams, stated the strike was a “message of intimidation focusing on our folks returning to their villages within the south.”

“The states sponsoring the cessation of hostilities settlement should exert most strain on Israel to right away halt its assaults, withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories, and launch prisoners,” stated Mr. Salam in a submit on X.

Hezbollah officers say the continued strikes justify their refusal to surrender their arms, and declare that the ceasefire settlement and monitoring mechanism with the United States, France, and United Nations peacekeeping forces is ineffective.

“They have confirmed as soon as once more that resorting to official safety underneath worldwide auspices has not supplied them with safety and stability,” stated Hezbollah parliamentarian Hassan Fadlallah.

“All these assaults and killings perpetrated by the enemy is not going to push our folks to desert their land and rights, and they’ll solely strengthen the folks of the south’s adherence to the choice of resistance.”